Mp 1 Map

Gz 2 Gazetteer

World Index Like locations, props and actors in a movie

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Mp 1	Map — A map of the world

Second level up

2 St 2

First level up

16 Wr 16 14 LT 14 8 MB MB 8 7 UL 7 4 UH CI 4 3 CI UH CI 3 2 CI UH CI Vs CF CR 2 1 TA BS 1

Starting level

16 MF 16 15 AT 15 14 AT ST NE LB LB 14 13 AT ME MR Br 13 12 BF 12 11 CD RT HC TL 11 10 UL UC LP Cl Nw FP 10 9 Jn NS OE OI FR Pn PB 9 8 WB Kt BH Gl UH 8 7 DC TS Al NB DR Fy SR Rv VL 7 6 SA Cr OH CA Wh 6 5 AC SV BC 5 4 WR DL Ch 4 3 LH TP DR 3 2 LH CR AS FB 2 1 BA BS RB FH FB 1

First level down

15 BM 15 14 RS FI AC BT 14 13 Cr At GS 13 12 OS 12 11 EP 11 10 CI WP 10 9 MC WC 9 8 SR OT 8 7 UB 7 6 CB AS 6 5 Dr Br ES CC 5 1 WB 1

Second level down

14 HL St 14 13 UH Cr 13 12 KR Cr 12 11 Cr 11 10 Cr Cr 10 9 Ob 9 8 BT 8 7 DT 7 6 ST 6 5 VT 5

TS	Hubbub Central: Town Square, Narrow Street

SV	Woods: Scenic View, Deserted Lane, Path Behind the House, Family Plot, Down the Road

AT	AT: AT1, AT2, AT3

CI	Asylum Cells: Cell Interior NE, Cell Interior ME, Cell Interior MW, Cell interior SE, Cell Interior SW

DR	Interior Rooms: Dining Room, Kitchen, Back Hall, Gallery, Sitting Room, Upstairs Hallway, Kid's Room, House Library, Study, Attic, Attic Cell, Corridor1, Corridor2, Corridor3, Corridor4, Corridor5

MB	Suite: Master Bedroom, Master Bathroom

EP	Pitland: Edge of the Pit, Other Side

NB	Seaside: Narrow Beach, Breakwater, Lighthouse Base, Rocky Spur

OE

Not in any region: Office Exterior, Flesh Island, Fake Home, Fake Bedroom, Fake Bathroom, Dark Corner, Wharf, Whateley Bridge, Under the Bridge, Office Interior, Alley, File Room, Local Pub, Junction, Twisting Lane, nowehre, Hidden Court, Cauldron, University Court, University Library, Circulation Desk, Mill Road, Mill Entrance, Shanty Town, Number Eleven, Bare Foundations, Railroad Tracks, Mill Floor, Workshop, Lighthouse Bottom, Lighthouse Top, Courthouse, Courthouse Basement, Brecords, Drecords, Side Alley, Riverwalk, Vacant Lot, Chilly Avenue, Asylum Courtyard, Waiting Room, Upper Hallway North, Upper Hallway Middle, Upper Hallway South, Top of Asylum Stairs, Bottom of Asylum Stairs, Lower Hallway South, Lower Hallway Middle, Access Shaft, Sewer Tunnel, Dripping Tunnel, Broken Tunnel, Vaulted Tunnel, Outflow Tunnel, Trampled Path, Abandoned Slaughterhouse, Crumbled Ruin, Behind the Slaughterhouse, Well Bottom, Churchyard, Behind the Church, Church Cellar, Empty Stairwell, Broken Stairs, Vestibule, Chapel Front, Chapel Rear, Steeple, Rope Bottom, Outside the House, Foyer, Pantry, Main Cellar, Storage Room, Wine Cellar, Windy Passage, Upstairs Landing, Upstairs Hall, Crawlspace, Observatory, Crypt Interior, Great Stairs, Bottom of Temple Stairs, Burial Mound

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The Hubbub Central region

TS

Town Square  room  > Town Square proper-named  printed name: "Town Square" description: "A wide expanse of uneven pavestones lies open to the sky, bordered on all sides by the leaning, steep-roofed architecture that looms over everything in this city. The municipal courthouse stands at the south end of the square, next to the mouth of a dark, narrow alley to the southwest. Avenues to the west and east lead back into the cramped and ingrown streets, while to the north lies Whateley Bridge.[paragraph break]In the center of the square, rising from a circular lawn of unhealthy-looking grass and weeds, stands a strange, stone obelisk. It seems to be a monument of some sort, although you can see no plaque or marker anywhere near it[if the commotion is in Town Square].[paragraph break]There appears to be a commotion of sorts to the north, where a group of townsfolk have gathered[end if]."  map region: Hubbub Central   north to Whateley Bridge   south to Courthouse   southwest to Side Alley   east to Riverwalk   west to Dark Corner  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Hubbub Central region    faroff bridge  thing  > faroff bridge fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "faroff bridge" description: "Old Whateley Bridge spans the river to the north."  initial location: in Town Square    cbuilding  thing  > cbuilding fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "cbuilding" description: "The courthouse is probably the largest building in the old city, although that isn't saying much. Built, like nearly every other structure here, with an eye toward steep roofs, leaning gables, and an overall air of looming decay, it casts its stern shadow across the square like an old Puritan magistrate passing judgment on some cowering sinner. Wide wooden steps lead up to its main entrance due south of here, while a narrow alley leads around the side of the building to the southwest."  initial location: in Town Square    lawn  thing  > lawn fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "lawn" description: "The lawn surrounds the obelisk to a distance of ten feet or so. It looks as though it hasn't been tended to in a while."  initial location: in Town Square    obelisk  thing  > obelisk fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "obelisk" description: "The obelisk measures about two feet square at its base, narrowing slightly as it rises a good fifteen feet to a bluntly pointed tip. An iron ring is embedded in the stone high up on one side, about two feet from the top. Dense, twisting hieroglyphs cover all four sides of the obelisk, although they are too worn to be read clearly."  glow: 0  initial location: in Town Square   part  iron ring  thing  > iron ring printed name: "iron ring" initial location: part of obelisk   part  hieroglyphs  thing  > hieroglyphs printed name: "hieroglyphs" initial appearance: "They are not Egyptian, which is what you first assumed from the general shape and design of the obelisk. In fact, though you're no archaeologist, these carvings don't look like any sort of ancient writing you've ever seen. The characters, which must have been carved very deeply in order to survive this much erosion, twist and squirm in disturbing ways, flowing into and through each other and almost seeming to shift slightly as you try to follow their lines. The effect is deeply unsettling, and you have to suppress an urge to take a step or two back away from the monument."  initial location: part of obelisk    rooftops - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > rooftops printed name: "rooftops" description: "The crumbling buildings of Anchorhead, with their ubiquitous peaked rooftops and ancient, leaning gables, cluster thickly around you in every direction."   cobblestones - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > cobblestones printed name: "cobblestones" description: "The cobblestones are slick from the rain and worn with many centuries' passage."   sky - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > sky printed name: "sky" description: "The sky is an unbroken blanket of seething gray clouds in every direction."

NS

Narrow Street  room  > Narrow Street proper-named  printed name: "Narrow Street" description: "As the lane winds along from east to west, it narrows until the steep, jagged rooftops on either side of the street practically touch each other. To the south, a side street leads across Whateley Bridge toward the center of town, and a twisting lane leads up a hill to the northwest. A short flight of steps to the north leads down to the local watering hole[if the commotion is in Narrow Street].[paragraph break]There appears to be a commotion of sorts to the south, where a group of townsfolk have gathered[end if]."  map region: Hubbub Central   north to Local Pub   northeast to Twisting Lane   northwest to Twisting Lane (but southeast from Twisting Lane is nowehre)   south to Whateley Bridge   east to Office Exterior   west to Junction   up to Twisting Lane (but down from Twisting Lane is nowhere)  add:  southeast;  southwest;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Hubbub Central region

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The Woods region
 open road - backdrop   trees - backdrop 

SV

Scenic View  room  > Scenic View proper-named  printed name: "Scenic View" description: "The treeline falls away on the north side of this northwest-northeast bend in the road, giving way to a panoramic view of the Miskaton River Valley and the grubby little town of Anchorhead nestled within it. From here you can see the paper mill almost directly to the north; the solitary lighthouse and surrounding ocean to the northeast; and the dilapidated stone church below you to the east. Winding through it all is the oily black ribbon of the Miskaton, and almost directly in the center lies the little clearing of Town Square. You can just make out the shape of the obelisk from here."  map region: Woods   northeast to Chilly Avenue   northwest to Outside the House  add:  north;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Woods region    Obelisk view  thing  > Obelisk view proper-named ; fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "Obelisk view" description: "You can just make out the shape of the obelisk from here."  initial location: in Scenic View    Mill view  thing  > Mill view proper-named ; fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "Mill view" description: "The dark structure of the paper mill squats broodingly in the crook of the Miskaton river."  initial location: in Scenic View    Lighthouse view  thing  > Lighthouse view proper-named ; fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "Lighthouse view" description: "The lighthouse stands tall against the horizon, a dingy white tower amidst a gray sky and a grayer sea. Despite the ominous cast to the weather, no beacon is shining from the tower's top."  initial location: in Scenic View    Ocean view  thing  > Ocean view proper-named ; fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "Ocean view" description: "The great, gray ocean stretches out as far as you can see, merging with the clouds on the horizon."  initial location: in Scenic View    Church view  thing  > Church view proper-named ; fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "Church view" description: "The old stone church lies to the east, its tottering steeple rising high above the dead, groping branches that surround it."  initial location: in Scenic View    River view  thing  > River view proper-named ; fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "River view" description: "The Miskaton winds down from the northwest, then bends in a more easterly direction some miles west of town. Its last half-mile or so neatly divides the town of Anchorhead in half before emptying into the sea. Its waters are murky and torpid, hiding many old secrets in its languid depths."  initial location: in Scenic View

DL

Deserted Lane  room  > Deserted Lane proper-named  printed name: "Deserted Lane" description: "The gently winding lane makes its way through the birch woods south of town. New England foliage is famous for its splendid colors in the fall, but the oppressive weather and pervading murk have leached these trees of most of their tint. The road continues south into the increasingly dense forest, and in the other direction heads back to town. A paved walk also leads east through the trees."  map region: Woods   north to Chilly Avenue   south to Down the Road   east to Churchyard  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Woods region

PB

Path Behind the House  room  > Path Behind the House proper-named  printed name: "Path Behind the House" description: "A gravel path starts here at the back door of the house, and marks a trail nearly overgrown by weeds and briars. It disappears into the undergrowth to the northwest, framed by crooked trees with overhanging branches that seem to form a stunted, jagged archway into the dim recesses of the forest."  map region: Woods   northwest to Family Plot   south to Kitchen via back door  add:  north;  northeast;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Woods region    back door - door to Kitchen  thing > door  > back door scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked  printed name: "back door" description: "It's just an ordinary-looking back door."  matching key: house key

FP

Family Plot  room  > Family Plot proper-named  printed name: "Family Plot" description: "Old, moss-slimed tombstones, many broken off and leaning crazily like an old man's teeth, poke up from the soft, mulchy earth. In their midst stands an ancient marble crypt, its heavy iron door nearly obscured by thick draperies of ivy. The trees press close around this quiet enclave of death, leaning together over your head as if sharing secrets. A gap in the undergrowth to the southeast reveals a narrow gravel path."  map region: Woods   southeast to Path Behind the House   down to Crypt Interior via crypt door  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Woods region    tombstones  thing  > tombstones fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "tombstones" description: "Years of neglect have left the tombstones in bad repair -- the ones not broken are eroded to near-illegibility, and those not eroded are covered with thick, sticky moss. From what you can make out, though, most of them are servants' graves. Family members were most likely buried in the larger structure in the middle of the clearing."  initial location: in Family Plot    crypt door - door to Crypt Interior  thing > door  > crypt door scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked  printed name: "crypt door" description: "Grimly carved letters over the door spell out a single name: 'VERLAC'."  matching key: iron key

DR

Down the Road  room  > Down the Road proper-named  printed name: "Down the Road" description: "The forest grows denser as you go, crowding thickly up to either side of the road. The groping, tangled branches block out what little sunlight there is left. Your footsteps are muffled; whispering leaves and the slow drip of water are the only sounds you can hear. Beyond the watching trees, the shadows are impenetrably thick. The road stretches interminably, north to south[if the stump is not nowhere].[paragraph break]At the edge of the forest, on the west side of the road, stand the rotted stump and twisted sapling from your dream[else if the trees are familiar].[paragraph break]There's something strangely familiar about the woods here... scenes from last night's dream flicker through your memory, but you are unable to recall the details[end if]."  map region: Woods   north to Deserted Lane   west to Trampled Path  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Woods region

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The AT region

AT

AT1  room  > AT1 proper-named ; dark  printed name: "Maintenance Access Tunnel"  description: "You are at the southern end of a long, narrow crawlway leading northward into the mill. All around you, through the metallic walls, you can hear the oppressive thumping and grinding of heavy machinery. The air in here is hot and smells of burnt engine oil.[paragraph break]A large metal valve wheel juts out from the middle of one of the many fat, sweating pipes lining the walls. Just to its left is a gauge of some sort."  map region: AT   north to AT2   south to Bare Foundations via mill hatch  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  AT region    wheel - supporter  thing > supporter  > wheel fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "wheel" description: "It's a large, spoked metal wheel, about a foot in diameter, for opening and shutting a valve somewhere inside the pipes."  initial location: in AT1    maintenance pipes  thing  > maintenance pipes fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "maintenance pipes" description: "Dozens of thick, metal pipes line the walls and ceiling of the crawlway, some of them leaking tiny plumes of steam from loose joints."  initial location: in AT1    gauge  thing  > gauge fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "gauge" description: "The gauge has a circular face with a needle that sweeps in a 270 degree arc across a set of numbered calibrations, most of which are colored green. The last 30 degrees or so are colored bright red. The needle is [the needle position corresponding to a level of the level of the gauge in the Table of Gauge Levels]."  level: 3  initial location: in AT1    mill hatch - door to Bare Foundations  thing > door  > mill hatch scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked ; not found  printed name: "mill hatch" description: "It's just an ordinary-looking metal hatch."  matching key: long steel key

AT

AT2  room  > AT2 proper-named ; dark  printed name: "Maintenance Access Tunnel"  description: "You are roughly at the center of the access crawlway, which stretches north and south from here."  map region: AT   north to AT3   south to AT1  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  AT region

AT

AT3  room  > AT3 proper-named ; dark  printed name: "Maintenance Access Tunnel"  description: "The north end of the access crawlway ends at a sturdy metal hatch. A thick haze of steam hangs in the air, and the heat is like an oven -- the walls and floor are almost blistering to the touch."  map region: AT   north to Mill Floor via maintenance hatch   south to AT2  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  AT region    small notice  thing  > small notice fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "small notice" description: "Maintenance hatch operates on a timed-release mechanism. Door will unlock approx. 15 s after handle is pulled."  initial location: in AT3    maintenance hatch - door to Mill Floor  thing > door  > maintenance hatch scenery ; closed ; openable ; lockable; locked  printed name: "maintenance hatch" description: "The hatch is round and quite sturdy-looking. There is a handle on this side, and a small notice fixed to the wall nearby."  part  handle  thing  > handle raised  printed name: "handle" description: "The handle is in the [if the handle is raised]raised[otherwise]lowered[end if] position."  initial location: part of maintenance hatch

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The Asylum Cells region
 padding - backdrop 

CI

Cell Interior NE  room  > Cell Interior NE proper-named  printed name: "Padded Cell"  description: "You are in a padded cell, the kind typically reserved for raving lunatics. The room is barely eight feet by eight feet square, with walls and floor of concrete covered with thick, quilted padding. The door in the west wall is also covered with padding, except for a tiny observation window about five feet up, from which a feeble light trickles in."  map region: Asylum Cells   west to Upper Hallway North via Cell Door NE  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Asylum Cells region    Cell Door NE - door to Upper Hallway North  thing > door > cell door  > Cell Door NE proper-named  printed name: "cell door"

CI

Cell Interior ME  room  > Cell Interior ME proper-named  printed name: "Padded Cell"  description: "Another padded cell, much like the rest. There is a door in the east wall."  map region: Asylum Cells   west to Upper Hallway Middle via Cell Door ME  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Asylum Cells region    madman - person  thing > person  > madman not free  printed name: "madman" description: "The man's hair and fingernails are long, dirty and tattered; there's no telling how long he's been locked up and forgotten in this place. Old, dried blood streaks his lips and chin, and his dirt-ringed eyes gleam with an obscene, capering madness. The man limps horribly as he shuffles about; glancing down, you notice that his left leg ends in an amputated stump."  initial appearance: "A dangerous looking madman lurks nearby."  initial location: in Cell Interior ME    Cell Door ME - door to Upper Hallway Middle  thing > door > cell door  > Cell Door ME proper-named  printed name: "east door"

CI

Cell Interior MW  room  > Cell Interior MW proper-named  printed name: "Padded Cell"  description: "Another padded cell, much like the rest. There is a door in the east wall."  map region: Asylum Cells   east to Upper Hallway Middle via Cell Door MW  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Asylum Cells region    Cell Door MW - door to Upper Hallway Middle  thing > door > cell door  > Cell Door MW proper-named  printed name: "west door"

CI

Cell interior SE  room  > Cell interior SE proper-named  printed name: "Padded Cell"  description: "Another padded cell, much like the rest. There is a door in the west wall."  map region: Asylum Cells   west to Upper Hallway South via Cell Door SE  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Asylum Cells region    Cell Door SE - door to Upper Hallway South  thing > door > cell door  > Cell Door SE proper-named  printed name: "east door"

CI

Cell Interior SW  room  > Cell Interior SW proper-named  printed name: "Padded Cell"  description: "The padding in this room seems a bit worse for the wear; murky bloodstains spatter the canvas near the door, and there is a large tear down in the corner of the cell, with bits of stuffing leaking out. There is a door in the east wall."  map region: Asylum Cells   east to Upper Hallway South via Cell Door SW  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Asylum Cells region    ragged tear - container  thing > container  > ragged tear fixed in place; scenery ; opaque  printed name: "ragged tear" description: "The canvas is frayed and jaggedly torn. It looks as though someone might have gnawed through it with their teeth."  initial location: in Cell Interior SW    crusty needle  thing  > crusty needle printed name: "crusty needle" description: "It's about two inches long, very old and crusted with what looks like dried blood. The point is worn down but still sharp."  initial location: in ragged tear    torn square of canvas  thing  > torn square of canvas printed name: "torn square of canvas" description: "It's roughly six inches to a side and covered front and back with uneven, barely legible handwriting. The letters are the murky brown color of blood."  printing: "[the jailhouse text]"  initial location: in ragged tear    Cell Door SW - door to Upper Hallway South  thing > door > cell door  > Cell Door SW proper-named  printed name: "west door"

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The Interior Rooms region

DR

Dining Room  room  > Dining Room proper-named  printed name: "Dining Room" description: "Much of the elegance has faded from this room. The huge dining table running the length of it is covered with a thick gray film of dust, and the china cupboard standing against the far wall is draped in shadow. Doorways to the north and east offer little relief from the gloom. For what must be the hundredth time, you wish you could open the windows in this place."  map region: Interior Rooms   north to Kitchen   east to Foyer  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region    dinner table - supporter  thing > supporter  > dinner table fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "dinner table" description: "It's a finely built table, a valued antique like much of the furniture in this house. It will need to be oiled after so many months of neglect, though."  initial location: in Dining Room    cupboard - container  thing > container  > cupboard closed ; openable  printed name: "cupboard" initial appearance: "It's a free-standing cabinet about as tall as you are, crafted of cherrywood. The double paneled doors are [if cupboard is open]open[otherwise]closed[end if]."  initial location: in Dining Room    velvet lining  thing  > velvet lining fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "velvet lining" description: "The lining is soft, dusky burgundy. One corner in back is pulled up a bit and slightly torn."  initial location: in cupboard

Kt

Kitchen  room  > Kitchen proper-named  printed name: "Kitchen" description: "Where once pots and skillets and various utensils hung in profusion, the kitchen walls are now merely ranks of dusty cabinets and a forest of empty hooks. Doorways lead east and south, a small pantry lies to the northwest, and the back door to the north leads out of the house."  map region: Interior Rooms  notion: "An odd feeling of gloom overtakes you momentarily, and you find yourself thinking about the Verlac family's personal effects -- the everyday mundanities, such as kitchen utensils. Were they thrown out, or donated to charity, or auctioned off as grisly souvenirs? What about the canned goods? Did anyone think to take them? The cabinets might even still be stocked. Morbidly, you wonder what Mrs. Edward Verlac might have been cooking for dinner the night her husband blew her head off."   north to Path Behind the House via back door   northwest to Pantry   south to Dining Room   east to Back Hall  add:  northeast;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region    flashlight - device  thing > device  > flashlight unlit ; switched off  printed name: "flashlight" description: "It's battery-powered, and waterproof too, by the look of it."  initial appearance: "Someone's flashlight is lying on the kitchen counter; one of the movers must have left it."  initial location: in Kitchen    kitchen cabinet - container  thing > container  > kitchen cabinet fixed in place; scenery ; opaque ; closed ; openable  printed name: "kitchen cabinet" description: "[if the kitchen cabinet is open][otherwise]You can't see inside, since the cabinet is closed.[end if]"  initial location: in Kitchen    book of matches  thing  > book of matches unlit  printed name: "book of matches" description: "A label on the side reads, 'Water-resistant matches. Strike on cover.' [the matchbook state]."  match count: 6  initial location: in kitchen cabinet    back door - door to Path Behind the House  thing > door  > back door scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked  printed name: "back door" description: "It's just an ordinary-looking back door."  matching key: house key

BH

Back Hall  room  > Back Hall proper-named  printed name: "Back Hall" description: "A short hallway, connecting rooms to the east, west and south."  map region: Interior Rooms   south to Foyer   east to Gallery   west to Kitchen  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region

Gl

Gallery  room  > Gallery proper-named  printed name: "Gallery" description: "A long, oak-paneled room, with doorways to the south and west. Paintings line the walls, mounted beneath small, shaded lamps that would illuminate the canvasses nicely if only the electricity were working. Still, even in the shadowed gloom you can see that all were done by the same artist."  map region: Interior Rooms   south to Sitting Room   west to Back Hall  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region    glamps  thing  > glamps fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "glamps" description: "The lamps are made of polished brass, with frosted green shades -- like an old-fashioned desk lamp, only mounted on the wall."  initial location: in Gallery    paintings  thing  > paintings fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "paintings" mode: 1  initial location: in Gallery

SR

Sitting Room  room  > Sitting Room proper-named  printed name: "Sitting Room" description: "The east wall is occupied by a beautiful antique sofa, and a large, hand-woven rug covers the hardwood floor. The huge marble fireplace in the north wall helps complete the impression of comfort and warmth, and for a moment or two you can almost think of this place as somewhere you could live, as opposed to merely somewhere others have died. The foyer lies west, and a doorway to the left of the fireplace leads north.[paragraph break][if visited]The portrait gazes down at you with crimson-edged malice[otherwise]Your brief sense of comfort quickly drains away, however, as you become aware of the icy and maniacal stare emanating from the great portrait hanging over the mantelpiece. Under the malefic gaze of those red-rimmed eyes, the most comforting thought you can muster is that of immediate flight[end if]."  map region: Interior Rooms   north to Gallery   west to Foyer  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region    ssofa  thing  > ssofa fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "ssofa" description: "It's a 19th century William IV-style sofa with wide, flaring armrests and beautifully scrolled mahogany woodwork. The upholstery is a soft, faded wine color."  initial location: in Sitting Room    fireplace  thing  > fireplace fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "fireplace" description: "The fireplace is carved from beautiful, dark-veined marble, a strange shade that is not quite a deep, forest green and not quite a murky, dusky red."  initial location: in Sitting Room    portrait  thing  > portrait fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "portrait" description: "The man in the portrait is the apotheosis of everything cruel and inhuman that you have ever laid eyes on. His archaic Puritan dress would indicate that he must have lived a very long time ago; perhaps he was the founder of the Verlac family in this region. If so, it's no wonder they all wound up murdered or mad: the red-rimmed eyes glaring down from his gaunt and haggard face seem to blaze with a terrible insanity. There is nothing regal, fatherly or dignified about this portrait. It is the essence of raving, gibbering evil captured on canvas."  initial location: in Sitting Room    album  thing  > album printed name: "album" description: "It's a slim, hardbound volume in dark leather, unadorned except for name 'Verlac' embossed on the front. Glancing at the title page, you notice two details: one, the book was self-published; and two, it was published in 1944. So it's a good bet that Edward Verlac and his family aren't mentionedhere."  initial appearance: "On the sofa is a family album."  initial location: in Sitting Room

UH

Upstairs Hallway  room  > Upstairs Hallway proper-named  printed name: "Upstairs Hallway" map region: Interior Rooms  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region

KR

Kid's Room  room  > Kid's Room proper-named  printed name: "Kid's Room" description: "This must be the children's bedroom. The bed is smaller than the one in the master bedroom, its bright coverlet providing one of the few feeble splashes of color in what must have been, for most of its history, a joylessly Puritan household. A small vanity table occupies the opposite wall, and in the corner under the window stands an ancient crib. The only exit is to the north."  map region: Interior Rooms   north to Upstairs Hall  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region    vanity - supporter  thing > supporter  > vanity fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "vanity" description: "A simple vanity table, scaled down for a child, spartan in design and almost wholly without decoration. It's hard to imagine keeping any sort of makeup or jewelry on it, but then again, vanity of even the most innocent kind was probably discouraged in most of the Verlac children."  initial location: in Kid's Room   on  jewelry box - container  thing > container  > jewelry box opaque ; closed ; openable  printed name: "jewelry box" description: "It's hardly larger than your hand, made of wood and charmingly decorated with a picture of children dancing around a Maypole. Most likely a plaything of one of the later Verlac children. The lid is [if the jewelry box is open]open[otherwise]closed[end if]."  initial appearance: "A child's jewelry box sits on the corner of the vanity."  initial location: on vanity    silver locket  thing  > silver locket printed name: "silver locket" description: "It is oval-shaped, [if the silver locket is open]the clasp open to reveal a tiny picture inside[otherwise]held shut with a tiny clasp[end if]."  initial location: in jewelry box    child's bed  thing  > child's bed fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "child's bed" description: "Not as fancy as the four-poster, but it looks comfortable enough[if the child's bed is shoved]. The bed has been pushed away from the wall slightly, revealing a ragged hole in the paneling[end if]."  initial location: in Kid's Room

HL

House Library  room  > House Library proper-named  printed name: "Library"  description: "Whatever else their faults may have been, the Verlacs were evidently not ones to shun the printed word. Books line the walls from floor to ceiling in this dark-paneled, green-carpeted room, interrupted only by doorways to the east and south. A rich, brown leather armchair sits in stately repose near the window, with a polished brass pipe stand nearby completing the picture of some blue-blooded country squire's literary refuge. Once again, you are struck by how easily this place could have been the perfect home.[if the safe is in the Study]A section of the shelves in the western wall has slid to one side, revealing a hidden safe.[end if]"  map region: Interior Rooms   south to Upstairs Hall   east to Study via mahogany doors  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region    armchair - supporter  thing > supporter  > armchair fixed in place; scenery ; enterable  printed name: "armchair" description: "It's the kind of furniture that you always drool over in catalogs, and it looks about as comfortable as an armchair ever gets without an added shot of heroin."  initial location: in House Library    lwindow - supporter  thing > supporter  > lwindow fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "lwindow" description: "All the windows are tightly shuttered and, frustratingly, painted shut. However, enough light filters through the slats in the shutters that the house ought to be at least navigable during the daytime."  initial location: in House Library    pipe stand - supporter  thing > supporter  > pipe stand fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "pipe stand" description: "It's a beautiful piece of work, although at the moment, sadly, it contains no pipe."  initial location: in House Library   on  wards manual  thing  > wards manual proper-named  printed name: "[italic type]The Compleat Manual of Wardes and Seales[roman type]"  description: "It's an old medieval tome dated in the early 1300s, written by one Galarian Academius desChamps."  initial appearance: "Resting on the pipe stand is a sizable volume decorated with a gilded pentagram on its cover."  printing: "Essentially, it's a textbook on the theory and practice of magickal wards and seals, mystic symbols inscribed on doors and containers in order to keep people and spirits out -- or in. It's all very deliberately vague and arcane (in addition to being written in medieval French and translated into Middle English, making it nearly impossible to understand), the kind of thing that likely got many a scholar burned at the stake in those days.[paragraph break]You are surprised to find that a page in this old and probably quite valuable book has been folded down, as though to mark the place. The section marked discusses various methods of opening doors that have been sealed with the image of a pagan god. Speaking aloud the deity's true name will usually do the trick, apparently."  initial location: on pipe stand    bookjunk  thing  > bookjunk fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "bookjunk" description: "[if the tales are not handled]Literally hundreds of books stuff the shelves, many of them thick, cracked, leather-bound tomes with ribbon place-holders and titles lettered in raised gold leaf. It would take you years to peruse them all. However, one interesting title does catch your eye. An authentic first printing of Edgar Allen Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination, shelved incongruously between volumes 'G' and 'H' of the Encyclopedia Americana.[otherwise if the safe is in the Study]The shelves on the western wall have slid back slightly, revealing a hidden safe.[otherwise]Edgar Allen Poe is right where you left him, sandwiched in between 'G' and 'H'.[end if]"  initial location: in House Library    mahogany doors - door to Study  thing > door  > mahogany doors plural-named ; closed  printed name: "mahogany doors" description: "Each door is carved from a single piece of mahogany, and polished to a deep, rich shine. The doors are [if the mahogany doors are open]open[otherwise]closed[end if]."  initial appearance: "A beautiful pair of mahogany sliding doors stand [if the mahogany doors are open]open[otherwise]closed[end if] to the [if the location is the House Library]east[otherwise]west[end if]."

St

Study  room  > Study proper-named  printed name: "Study" description: "This smaller room adjoining the library seems comfortable enough, although it is dusty and cluttered from having not been lived in for the better part of a year. Aside from the desk and the chair and the empty shelves, the only real feature of the room is the large, ornate fireplace in the southern wall."  map region: Interior Rooms   west to House Library via mahogany doors  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region    Michael's desk - supporter  thing > supporter  > Michael's desk proper-named ; fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "Michael's desk" description: "It's an ordinary writing desk with a small drawer, which is closed."  initial location: in Study   part  Michael's drawer - container  thing > container  > Michael's drawer proper-named ; fixed in place; scenery ; closed ; openable  printed name: "desk drawer"  initial location: part of Michael's desk    Cryptical Haermoniacon  thing  > Cryptical Haermoniacon printed name: "[italic type]Cryptical Haermoniacon[roman type]"  description: "The leather covers are worn and cracked; the metal corner fittings tarnished; the pages yellow and brittle. Inscribed on the title page are the words [italic type]Cryptical Haermoniacon: Manual of the Atonal Servitors[roman type] beneath what you presume must be the same words written in some strange, vaguely Arabic-looking alphabet."  printing: "The greater portion of the book is written in an incomprehensible, flowing cipher; however, the margins in several pages are glossed in English. The book appears to contain instructions for traveling to somewhere called 'the Domain of Nehilim', and for worshipping or perhaps summoning an entity that dwells there: He Who Is Named Not; nor may that Name be taught among His followers; that Name which may be learned only by gazing upon His Terrible Countenance...[paragraph break]The only specific details involve a ritual used to open a one-way portal into the Womb of Nehilim, allowing the magician to enter or possibly throw some hapless soul into its chaotic, blasphemous depths. The ritual seems to have something to do with music, and requires the magician to 'Attune ye Pillars to ye Resonant Haermonicae', whatever that means.[paragraph break]The rest, by only the barest contrast, is nothing but pure raving."  initial location: in Michael's drawer   on  letter opener  thing  > letter opener printed name: "letter opener" description: "It's a rather ornate thing, with a silver hilt and a slim, sharp tip."  initial location: on Michael's desk   on  laptop - device  thing > device  > laptop locked ; switched on  printed name: "laptop" description: "A top-of-the-line model: it's sleek, lightweight and very fast, a real status symbol for the writer who wants to look as though he might stop whatever he's doing at the drop of a hat and suddenly hack out a bestseller. While you have yet to witness Michael do this, he really had been wanting one since before the two of you even met; so, to celebrate his new teaching position, you splurged and bought him one."  initial location: on Michael's desk   part  screen  thing  > screen fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "screen" printing: "The computer is in screen-saver mode: blank except for a single window requesting a 4-digit user passcode. Odd; you didn't think Michael ever used the passcode utility."  initial location: part of laptop    wooden chair - supporter  thing > supporter  > wooden chair fixed in place; scenery ; enterable  printed name: "wooden chair" description: "It's just a straight-backed wooden chair."  initial location: in Study    closedfire  thing  > closedfire fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "closedfire" description: "The fireplace is carved from beautiful, dark-veined marble, a strange shade that is not quite a deep, forest green and not quite a murky, dusky red. The mantelpiece is flanked by a pair of polished brass spheres."  initial location: in Study    spheres  thing  > spheres fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "spheres" description: "You see the room behind you in distorted miniature, and your own face swelling and stretching comically as you peer into the sphere's reflective surface.[paragraph break]Looking closely, you notice some smudges on the otherwise immaculately polished brass."  initial location: in Study    mahogany doors - door to House Library  thing > door  > mahogany doors plural-named ; closed  printed name: "mahogany doors" description: "Each door is carved from a single piece of mahogany, and polished to a deep, rich shine. The doors are [if the mahogany doors are open]open[otherwise]closed[end if]."  initial appearance: "A beautiful pair of mahogany sliding doors stand [if the mahogany doors are open]open[otherwise]closed[end if] to the [if the location is the House Library]east[otherwise]west[end if]."

At

Attic  room  > Attic proper-named  printed name: "Attic" description: "It's much cooler up here than in the rest of the house, and you find it hard to suppress a shiver. Grotesque, looming shadows crawl across the low, slanted ceiling, and the dust hangs thick and motionless in the air. To the west the ceiling dips even lower until the space beneath leaves hardly room enough to crawl, while to the north stands a wooden door, draped in shadows and half-hidden by the slanting eaves."  map region: Interior Rooms   north to Attic Cell via attic door   west to Crawlspace   down to Upstairs Hall via attic ladder  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region    attic ladder - door to Upstairs Hall  thing > door  > attic ladder closed ; unopenable  printed name: "attic ladder" initial appearance: "[if the player is in Upstairs Hall]There is a cord dangling in mid-air here, right about level with your face[otherwise]An odd contraption resembling a complex stack of wooden slats sits in the middle of the floor[end if]."   attic door - door to Attic Cell  thing > door  > attic door scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked  printed name: "attic door" description: "It's an ordinary wooden door, unremarkable except for the antique metal keyplate. Beneath the door, a thin line of faint light is barely visible."  matching key: old-fashioned brass key  part  keyplate  thing  > keyplate fixed in place; scenery ; blocked  printed name: "keyplate" description: "The keyhole is of the classic round-hole-atop-a-triangular-hole variety, the kind people are always peeping through in cartoons."  initial location: part of attic door

AC

Attic Cell  room  > Attic Cell proper-named  printed name: "Attic Cell" description: "A cramped little annex off the main attic, with a tiny, shuttered window high up on the north wall. A pile of mouldering straw in the corner and what looks like pencil marks on the lower part of the walls seem to indicate that someone lived here once. Or, possibly, was kept here."  map region: Interior Rooms   south to Attic via attic door  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region    shuttered window  thing  > shuttered window fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "shuttered window" description: "All the windows are tightly shuttered and, frustratingly, painted shut. However, enough light filters through the slats in the shutters that the house ought to be at least navigable during the daytime."  initial location: in Attic Cell    pencil marks  thing  > pencil marks fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "pencil marks" description: "They look like a child's drawings, made with pencil or some kind of charcoal. Most of them are smudged and faded, but you can make out stick figures here and there, and the occasional, lollipop-shaped tree."  initial location: in Attic Cell    straw  thing  > straw fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "straw" description: "This disgusting mess might actually have been some poor soul's bed. You shudder, wondering what sick relative was kept prisoner here, and when."  initial location: in Attic Cell    attic door - door to Attic  thing > door  > attic door scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked  printed name: "attic door" description: "It's an ordinary wooden door, unremarkable except for the antique metal keyplate. Beneath the door, a thin line of faint light is barely visible."  matching key: old-fashioned brass key  part  keyplate  thing  > keyplate fixed in place; scenery ; blocked  printed name: "keyplate" description: "The keyhole is of the classic round-hole-atop-a-triangular-hole variety, the kind people are always peeping through in cartoons."  initial location: part of attic door

Cr

Corridor1  room  > Corridor1 proper-named ; dark  printed name: "Narrow Corridor"  description: "The walls are bare wooden slats, patched with crumbling plaster and spiked with bent, rusted nails. The passage, no more than two feet wide at its widest point, bends and twist at confusing angles, making it hard to tell which direction you're heading in."  map region: Interior Rooms   northeast to Corridor4 (but southwest from Corridor4 is Corridor5)   northwest to Study (but southeast from Study is nowhere)   southwest to Corridor3 (but northeast from Corridor3 is nowhere)   west to Corridor2 (but east from Corridor2 is Corridor3)  add:  north;  south;  southeast;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region

Cr

Corridor2  room  > Corridor2 proper-named ; dark  printed name: "Narrow Corridor"  description: "The walls are bare wooden slats, patched with crumbling plaster and spiked with bent, rusted nails. The passage, no more than two feet wide at its widest point, bends and twist at confusing angles, making it hard to tell which direction you're heading in.[paragraph break][if the Kid's Room is lit]A thin beam of light slants through the dusty air, coming from a small hole half way up one wall[otherwise]There is a small hole in one of the slats, about halfway up the wall[end if]."  map region: Interior Rooms   northeast to Corridor4 (but southwest from Corridor4 is Corridor5)   northwest to Corridor5 (but southeast from Corridor5 is Observatory)   southwest to Corridor1 (but northeast from Corridor1 is Corridor4)   east to Corridor3 (but west from Corridor3 is nowhere)  add:  north;  south;  southeast;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region    Hole2  thing  > Hole2 proper-named ; fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "the small hole"  description: "It's almost big enough to put your finger through."  initial location: in Corridor2

Cr

Corridor3  room  > Corridor3 proper-named ; dark  printed name: "Narrow Corridor"  description: "The walls are bare wooden slats, patched with crumbling plaster and spiked with bent, rusted nails. The passage, no more than two feet wide at its widest point, bends and twist at confusing angles, making it hard to tell which direction you're heading in.[paragraph break][if the Gallery is lit]A thin beam of light slants through the dusty air, coming from a small hole half way up one wall[otherwise]There is a small hole in one of the slats, about halfway up the wall[end if]."  map region: Interior Rooms   north to Corridor2 (but south from Corridor2 is nowhere)   northwest to Corridor4   south to Corridor1 (but north from Corridor1 is nowhere)   southeast to Corridor5 (but northwest from Corridor5 is nowhere)  add:  northeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region    Hole3  thing  > Hole3 proper-named ; fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "the small hole"  description: "It's almost big enough to put your finger through."  initial location: in Corridor3

Cr

Corridor4  room  > Corridor4 proper-named ; dark  printed name: "Narrow Corridor"  description: "The walls are bare wooden slats, patched with crumbling plaster and spiked with bent, rusted nails. The passage, no more than two feet wide at its widest point, bends and twist at confusing angles, making it hard to tell which direction you're heading in.[paragraph break][if the Wine Cellar is lit]A thin beam of light slants through the dusty air, coming from a small hole half way up one wall[otherwise]There is a small hole in one of the slats, about halfway up the wall[end if]."  map region: Interior Rooms   northwest to Corridor1 (but southeast from Corridor1 is nowhere)   south to Corridor2 (but north from Corridor2 is nowhere)   southeast to Corridor3   southwest to Corridor5 (but northeast from Corridor5 is nowhere)  add:  north;  northeast;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region    Hole4  thing  > Hole4 proper-named ; fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "the small hole"  description: "It's almost big enough to put your finger through."  initial location: in Corridor4

Cr

Corridor5  room  > Corridor5 proper-named ; dark  printed name: "Narrow Corridor"  description: "The walls are bare wooden slats, patched with crumbling plaster and spiked with bent, rusted nails. The passage, no more than two feet wide at its widest point, bends and twist at confusing angles, making it hard to tell which direction you're heading in."  map region: Interior Rooms   southeast to Observatory (but northwest from Observatory is nowhere)   east to Corridor3 (but west from Corridor3 is nowhere)   west to Corridor2 (but east from Corridor2 is Corridor3)  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southwest;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Interior Rooms region

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The Suite region

MB

Master Bedroom  room  > Master Bedroom proper-named  printed name: "Master Bedroom" description: "The master bedroom is a picture-postcard of rustic New England charm. Faded sketches of rural landscapes adorn the walls; a beautifully carved dressing mirror stands in one corner; an old-fashioned accordion radiator gurgles quietly beneath the window. The most striking feature, an enormous, antique, four-poster bed, must be the largest piece of furniture in the house.[if not visited]If it weren't for this hopelessly backwater town and the disturbing circumstances surrounding the house, you'd say this was your dream home. Even so, as much as you would like to relax and enjoy the comforts of a fully furnished historical New England estate, you can't help but be put off by the shady aura surrounding the family that used to live here. The last of the line, you remind yourself, recently committed suicide after killing his wife and two daughters with a shotgun. Involuntarily you shiver, glancing nervously at the doorways to the south and west."  map region: Suite   south to Upstairs Landing   west to Master Bathroom  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Suite region    sketches  thing  > sketches fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "sketches" description: "The sketches are charcoal on yellowed paper, pictures of the surrounding countryside. They're quite pretty, actually, lending an air of comfort to an otherwise cold and moribund house. Each drawing is initialed in the corner - 'J.W.V. - '95'"  initial location: in Master Bedroom    bedroom mirror  thing  > bedroom mirror fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "bedroom mirror" description: "A flawless mirror in a beautifully scrolled walnut frame. It's about as tall as you are."  initial location: in Master Bedroom    radiator  thing  > radiator fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "radiator" description: "The radiator runs on gas, not electricity, which is why it's even working at all. It's quiet and it keeps the room cozy, which is all you really need it to do, so everything seems to be in order there."  initial location: in Master Bedroom    bed - supporter  thing > supporter  > bed fixed in place; scenery ; enterable  printed name: "bed" description: "Thick, goose-down mattress, linen sheets, feather pillows, gauze canopy -- it's about the most beautiful, inviting bed you've ever seen."  initial location: in Master Bedroom

MB

Master Bathroom  room  > Master Bathroom proper-named  printed name: "Master Bathroom" description: "A small chamber of cold, white tile and floral-print wallpaper. It sports a genuine, whitewashed, claw-foot bathtub with a shower attachment, which is a definite plus. The bedroom lies east."  map region: Suite   east to Master Bedroom  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Suite region

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The Pitland region
 fathomless pit - backdrop 

EP

Edge of the Pit  room  > Edge of the Pit dark  printed name: "Edge of the Pit" description: "The passageway ends here at a fathomless pit, a puckered circular hole in the rock from which the foul wind seems to emanate, howling up from the depths like a reeking banshee."  map region: Pitland   north to Other Side via rope bridge   south to Windy Passage  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Pitland region    rope bridge - door to Other Side  thing > door  > rope bridge open  printed name: "rope bridge" description: "The ropes are frayed and tangled; the planks are rotten and, in places, missing entirely, leaving dark, howling gaps. A very dubious structure, all in all, but there's no other way to cross."  initial appearance: "A thin and decrepit rope bridge spans the pit, shivering occasionally in the wind."

OS

Other Side  room  > Other Side dark  printed name: "Other Side" description: "The passageway turns east here, the stone floor dropping down in a series of wide steps carved into the living rock. The stairs continue down to the northeast, eventually curving out of sight. The only other way on from here is a narrow, oddly-angled corridor in the northwest corner."  map region: Pitland   northeast to Great Stairs   northwest to Crawlspace (but southeast from Crawlspace is nowhere)   south to Edge of the Pit via rope bridge   down to Great Stairs  add:  north;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Pitland region    stairs steps  thing  > stairs steps fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "stairs steps" description: "The stairs lead down into darkness, as far as you can see."  initial location: in Other Side    rope bridge - door to Edge of the Pit  thing > door  > rope bridge open  printed name: "rope bridge" description: "The ropes are frayed and tangled; the planks are rotten and, in places, missing entirely, leaving dark, howling gaps. A very dubious structure, all in all, but there's no other way to cross."  initial appearance: "A thin and decrepit rope bridge spans the pit, shivering occasionally in the wind."

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The Seaside region

NB

Narrow Beach  room  > Narrow Beach proper-named  printed name: "Narrow Beach" description: "This narrow strip of beach is tucked away between two outcroppings in the predominantly rocky shoreline, accessible only from a steep, muddy slope to the west. The sand is filthy and strewn with rocks, seaweed, litter and other bits of storm-tossed detritus.[paragraph break]Near the bottom of the slope, a sewage outflow pipe juts out over the beach, about three feet above the ground. A thin stream of acrid-smelling sewer water trickles out over the lip of the pipe, forming a puddle in the sand."  map region: Seaside   west to Alley via fence  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Seaside region    fence - door to Alley  thing > door  > fence scenery ; closed  printed name: "fence"  sea - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > sea printed name: "sea" description: "The sea is the color of old pewter, surging and chopping restlessly beneath the clouds."

Br

Breakwater  room  > Breakwater proper-named  printed name: "Breakwater" description: "You are picking your way across the breakwater's bare, rocky spine, where the road has diminished to little more than a pair of dusty ruts. A hundred yards to the northeast, at the breakwater's far end, the lonely stone tower of Anchorhead's lighthouse stands vigil against the ocean."  map region: Seaside   northeast to Lighthouse Base   west to Mill Road  add:  north;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Seaside region    lview  thing  > lview fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "lview" description: "The lighthouse stands tall against the horizon, a dingy white tower amidst a gray sky and a grayer sea. Despite the ominous cast to the weather, no beacon is shining from the tower's top."  initial location: in Breakwater

LB

Lighthouse Base  room  > Lighthouse Base proper-named  printed name: "At the Foot of the Lighthouse"  description: "You stand in a circular clearing among the stones, surrounded on nearly every side by the sea. Before you looms the ancient, massive lighthouse, a vertiginous pillar of pale brick jabbing defiantly up at the sky. The road from the southwest ends here, although it looks as though you could pick your way down the rocks to the southeast, around the structure's base.[paragraph break]To the east, the great bronze door of the lighthouse stands [if the great bronze door is open]slightly ajar, revealing a narrow rectangle of blackness within[otherwise]closed[end if]."  map region: Seaside   southeast to Rocky Spur (but northwest from Rocky Spur is nowhere)   southwest to Breakwater   east to Lighthouse Bottom via great bronze door   down to Rocky Spur  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  west;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Seaside region    lhouse  thing  > lhouse fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "lhouse" description: "Its towering shadow seems to lean menacingly over you, eclipsing half the sky. It is an old and brooding thing, heavy with the weight of centuries of dark memories. Craning your neck to see the top of it, you can't help but make the comparison with a lightning rod, as if this building were the focus for whatever restless forces seem to be stirring through the turbid atmosphere above.[paragraph break]Despite the ominous cast to the weather, no beacon can be seen from the top of the lighthouse."  initial location: in Lighthouse Base    great bronze door - door to Lighthouse Bottom  thing > door  > great bronze door scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked  printed name: "great bronze door" description: "A monstrous slab of solid bronze set into the thick stone wall of the lighthouse base. Age and seawater have covered its once gleaming surface with an unhealthy green crust of verdigris."  matching key: tarnished bronze key

RS

Rocky Spur  room  > Rocky Spur proper-named  printed name: "Rocky Spur" description: "A small outcropping of stone, just large enough for you to stand on, sticks out from the end of the breakwater. The hungry sea laps at your feet, surging over the rocks and then trickling down into crevices. To the southwest, an uneven trail leads back up the rocks, around the side of the lighthouse.[paragraph break]Beyond the breakwater's tip, [if Day 4 is happening and Michael Summons has not happened]a small island has risen from the sea. Robed figures are crowding onto it, and some kind of ritual seems to be taking place; though you can't see it from where you're standing[otherwise]a turbulent patch of water bubbles and seethes, as if something were lurking just beneath the surface -- turning, perhaps, in uneasy sleep[end if]."  map region: Seaside   southwest to Lighthouse Base (but northeast from Lighthouse Base is nowhere)   east to Flesh Island   up to Lighthouse Base  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  west;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Seaside region    patch of turbulent water  thing  > patch of turbulent water fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "patch of turbulent water" description: "It looks... unnatural."  initial location: in Rocky Spur

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OE

Office Exterior - room where play begins   room  > Office Exterior proper-named  printed name: "Outside the Real Estate Office"  description: "A grim little cul-de-sac, tucked away in a corner of the claustrophobic tangle of narrow, twisting avenues that largely constitute the older portion of Anchorhead. Like most of the streets in this city, it is ancient, shadowy, and leads essentially nowhere. The lane ends here at the real estate agent's office, which lies to the east, and winds its way back toward the center of town to the west. A narrow, garbage-choked alley opens to the southeast."   southeast to Alley   east to Office Interior via office door   west to Narrow Street  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southwest;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  yourself - person thing > person > yourself proper-named; undescribed printed name: "yourself" description: "As good-looking as ever." carrying capacity: 5  day: 1  initial location: in Office Exterior   worn  clothes  thing  > clothes plural-named ; portable ; wearable  printed name: "clothes" indefinite article: "your"  description: "A tasteful ensemble from Ann Taylor in muted browns and olive greens (you've been an autumn person since you were old enough to match your own socks)."  initial location: worn by yourself   worn  trench coat - player's holdall  thing > container > player's holdall  > trench coat portable ; wearable  printed name: "trench coat" indefinite article: "your"  description: "You bought this coat during your honeymoon in England; it's a genuine London Fog. In addition to looking very cool, it has several deep pockets in which you can fit just about anything."  initial location: worn by yourself   worn  wedding ring  thing  > wedding ring portable ; wearable  printed name: "wedding ring" indefinite article: "your"  description: "[if worn]Staring at your wedding ring like that tends to make you sentimental[otherwise]Engraved along the inside are Michael's and your initials, along with your wedding date -- June 28th.[end if]."  initial location: worn by yourself   carried  umbrella  thing  > umbrella portable ; open  printed name: "umbrella" indefinite article: "your"  description: "It's olive green, with a hook-shaped handle. A handy little thing, when it rains. It's currently [if open]open[otherwise]closed[end if]."  initial location: carried by yourself   carried  keyring - keychain  thing > supporter > keychain  > keyring portable  printed name: "keyring" indefinite article: "your"  initial location: carried by yourself    office door - door to Office Interior  thing > door  > office door scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked  printed name: "office door" description: "[if the player is in Office Exterior]The door has a glass front with the name of the real estate company -- Benson & Brackhurst -- stenciled across it[otherwise]You can make out the words 'tsruhkcarB & nosneB' stenciled across the glass. There is a latch on this side which can be turned to lock or unlock the door[end if]."  initial appearance: "The office door is [if the office door is open]open[otherwise]closed[end if]."

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FI

Flesh Island  room  > Flesh Island proper-named  printed name: "Island of Flesh"  description: "The island is barely forty feet across, its surface covered with an ankle-deep layer of slime and muck. Underneath the muck, the ground throbs -- heaving rhythmically to a blasphemous, living pulse.[paragraph break]The sea thrashes against the shore with storm-driven fury[if the player is wearing the pair of handcuffs].[paragraph break]You are handcuffed to one of several heavy stone blocks set in a rough semicircle around the center of the island[end if]."   west to Rocky Spur  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Jeffrey - man  thing > person > man  > Jeffrey proper-named  printed name: "Jeffrey" description: "A skinny, tow-headed boy of eight or so, he bears all the markings of a recent victim of trauma. His face is smudged with dirt, his wrists are raw and red from the tight bindings, and his eyes are shadowed with deep, purple half-circles. For all this, however, you instantly recognize his face from the newspaper story: it's Jeffrey Greer, the boy who was kidnapped two days ago."  initial appearance: "Lashed to a stake in the center of the island is a young boy."  initial location: in Flesh Island    robed cultists  thing  > robed cultists fixed in place  printed name: "robed cultists" description: "The throng of cultists presses around the small clearing in the middle of the island from all directions, chanting, waving torches, and swaying rhythmically to the terrible beat of whatever monstrous heart lies beneath this island."  initial appearance: "Robed cultists crowd around on every side -- some of them brandishing flaming torches, some of them chanting in some hideous, archaic tongue, all of them swaying to the hypnotic pulse that rises up from the depths of the fleshy ground."  initial location: in Flesh Island    flab  thing  > flab fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "flab" description: "The fleshy surface of this island is covered in reeking slime. It shivers beneath you to some horrible pulse."  initial location: in Flesh Island

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FH

Fake Home  room  > Fake Home proper-named  printed name: "Home"  description: "You are home, and it is a momentous event. Downstairs, Michael is waiting for you to bring him the wondrous news. To the east is the bedroom you both share, and to the north is your bathroom."   north to Fake Bathroom   east to Fake Bedroom  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward

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FB

Fake Bedroom  room  > Fake Bedroom proper-named  printed name: "Fake Bedroom"  west to Fake Home  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward

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FB

Fake Bathroom  room  > Fake Bathroom proper-named  printed name: "Bathroom"  description: "Your bathroom; an ordinary place. A normal, safe, familiar place."   south to Fake Home  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  home pregnancy test  thing  > home pregnancy test printed name: "home pregnancy test" description: "It's an ordinary pregnancy test, the kind you can get at any drugstore; the kind with the little window that turns pink if you're going to have a baby."  initial appearance: "On the counter is a home pregnancy test."  initial location: in Fake Bathroom   part  pregnancy result  thing  > pregnancy result printed name: "pregnancy result" initial location: part of home pregnancy test

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DC

Dark Corner  room  > Dark Corner proper-named  printed name: "Dark Corner" description: "The rooftops above you lean so close together as to nearly block out the sky altogether, making this a particularly dark and unpleasant section of the city. The street leads away to the east, and a shadowy driveway leads through a high brick wall to the south."   south to Asylum Courtyard   east to Town Square  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  rooftops - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > rooftops printed name: "rooftops" description: "The crumbling buildings of Anchorhead, with their ubiquitous peaked rooftops and ancient, leaning gables, cluster thickly around you in every direction."

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Wh

Wharf  room  > Wharf proper-named  printed name: "Wharf" description: "The gentle creaking of hawsers and the hollow slap of water beneath the wooden pier provide a faint counterpoint to the endless, rhythmic surging of the sea. The fishing industry (like the paper industry) has all but died away in Anchorhead; nonetheless there are still a few boats tied to the pier. A path leads back through an opening in a chain-link fence to the northwest; otherwise, it's just you and the ocean."   northwest to Vacant Lot  add:  north;  northeast;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  boats  thing  > boats fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "boats" description: "The few fishing boats that remain look barely sea-worthy, held together by barnacles and old habit."  initial location: in Wharf    old tin - container  thing > container  > old tin closed ; openable  printed name: "old tin" initial appearance: "An old, discarded tin of fish oil sits at the end of the pier."  initial location: in Wharf    fish oil  thing  > fish oil printed name: "quantity of smelly fish oil"  description: "It's a viscous, nasty-smelling goo, made from and made for feeding fish. Not very appetizing."  initial location: in old tin    sea - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > sea printed name: "sea" description: "The sea is the color of old pewter, surging and chopping restlessly beneath the clouds."   chain-link fence - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > chain-link fence printed name: "chain-link fence"

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WB

Whateley Bridge  room  > Whateley Bridge proper-named  printed name: "Whateley Bridge" description: "A hoary monument of crumbling, moss-eaten flagstones, Whateley Bridge is possibly older than any other structure in the entire city. Ponderously it spans the dark, torpid waters of the Miskaton River, connecting the north and south halves of the city and occasionally raining bits of gravel and mortar from its underside into the water. It looks just wide enough for two cars to pass each other between the flanking stone parapets, but you wouldn't volunteer to try it."   north to Narrow Street   south to Town Square  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  parapets  thing  > parapets fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "parapets" description: "The parapets are about waist high, made of crumbling stone."  initial location: in Whateley Bridge    river - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > river printed name: "river" description: "The Miskaton's waters are sluggish and dark. Some sort of oily film coats the surface, reflecting back ghostly swirls of color."

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UB

Under the Bridge  room  > Under the Bridge proper-named  printed name: "Under the Bridge" description: "The ponderous stones of Whateley Bridge arch overhead, casting this little concrete ledge into deep shadow. At your feet, the dark waters lap quietly against the stones with a hollow, subterranean sound. Stone steps to the southeast lead back up to street level."   south to Access Shaft via small metal door   southeast to Riverwalk (but northwest from Riverwalk is nowhere)   up to Riverwalk  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southwest;  east;  west;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  bridge bottom  thing  > bridge bottom fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "bridge bottom" description: "You can make out a shadowy reflection of yourself in the slowly rippling water."  initial location: in Under the Bridge    small metal door - door to Access Shaft  thing > door  > small metal door closed ; openable ; lockable; locked  printed name: "small metal door" initial appearance: "A small metal door, blotchy with rust, is set into the south bank of the river, underneath the bridge."  matching key: small copper key   river - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > river printed name: "river" description: "The Miskaton's waters are sluggish and dark. Some sort of oily film coats the surface, reflecting back ghostly swirls of color."   river steps - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > river steps printed name: "river steps" description: "[if the player is in Riverwalk]The stairs lead down to the banks of the river[otherwise]The stairs lead back up to the riverwalk[end if]."

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OI

Office Interior  room  > Office Interior proper-named  printed name: "Office"  description: "Pallid gray light trickles in through the drawn blinds. The office is deserted, papers still scattered across the top of the desk. The front door lies west, and the file room lies east.Sitting on the corner of the paper-strewn desk are a telephone and an answering machine."   east to File Room   west to Office Exterior via office door  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  papers  thing  > papers fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "papers" description: "Sifting through the paperwork, you find nothing that catches your attention."  initial location: in Office Interior    desk  thing  > desk fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "desk" description: "The top of the desk is littered with paperwork -- notes, messages, files, etc.; the way most desks tend to get at the end of a busy day. A telephone sits on one corner, next to a digital answering machine. There is a small drawer to one side."  initial location: in Office Interior    small drawer - container  thing > container  > small drawer fixed in place; scenery ; closed ; openable ; lockable; locked  printed name: "small drawer" description: "You can't see inside, since the drawer is closed."  matching key: small steel key  initial location: in Office Interior    hastily written letter  thing  > hastily written letter printed name: "hastily written letter" description: "It consists of several pages torn from a yellow legal pad and stapled in the corner; each page is covered on both sides, top to bottom, with erratic, frightened handwriting. It is dated two days ago -- the day you arrived in Anchorhead."  printing: "To whom it may concern --[paragraph break]My name is Claudia Benson, and I attest that I am of sound mind and body, at least for what little time I have left.[paragraph break]If you are reading this anywhere within the city limits of Anchorhead, be aware that your life is in grave and immediate danger. Nearly all of the inhabitants of this city are members of a secret cult that has thrived since before the first settlers arrived here in the early 1600s and is still strong today. Its members are fanatical and quite insane, and will kill anyone who learns their secrets. I received a phone call early this morning which I believe is a threat to my life; I assume the cult somehow discovered that I was planning to divulge information to an outsider and now plans to silence me. In case I don't make it, I am leaving this testimony for someone to find; hopefully it will be someone who can put a stop to this madness once and for all.[paragraph break]The cult originally evolved from the rituals of the ancient Misquat Indian tribe that once lived in this region. Although this tribe is now extinct, its beliefs have been passed down relatively unchanged through generations of settlers for nearly four centuries. These beliefs center around the worship of some sort of demon or god from the outer reaches of space, which visited the earth millions of years ago and will return some day to wreak terrible destruction. I am unclear on the exact details as there is very little historical information available on this tribe, unless the University is hiding material from me, which I am half-convinced it may well be.[paragraph break]The ringleaders of this cult are and have always been the Verlac family. Every second generation a male Verlac is born, and the role of high priest is passed down from grandfather to grandson, following some arcane ritual of ascension. There is a persistent legend that this ritual somehow involves a transmigration of souls -- that, in fact, all male Verlacs are actually the reincarnation of the original founder of the American line. Although this is obviously nothing more than local superstition, the legend has such a hold on the people of the region that it may have become a self-perpetuating delusion on the part of the members of the Verlac family, each male child honestly believing that he is his own grandfather reborn. Edward Verlac rejected this obscene birthright, and I believe that the townspeople drove him to insanity for it.[paragraph break]Regardless of the truth behind these legends, the cult is planning to act very soon. In the 1920s, Edward's grandfather Mordecai Verlac began preaching that the return of the 'Nameless God' was imminent -- specifically, that it would occur the day after tomorrow. He re-opened the defunct paper mill, converting it into a factory to build some sort of device, a 'beacon' with which to facilitate the Nameless God's entry into this world. This device is very nearly finished, and in two days they will be ready to enact their great ritual -- what they call the 'Blessed Event'. It will most likely entail the wholesale slaughter of every non-cultist man, woman and child in the city. The child abductions of the past few years were most likely preparatory sacrifices perpetrated by the cult, and there is no reason to believe that the killing will stop once their great ritual is complete.[paragraph break]If you are, in fact, the young man who planned to move into the Verlac estate, you must be careful. The cult is almost certainly watching your every move, and will attempt to induct and brainwash you into their cult or, failing that, murder both you and your wife. I had hoped to warn you upon your arrival; however, as the message on my answering machine this morning attests, I don't have much time left. With any luck, I'll be out of the city by tonight. If I don't make it, please try to stop these people. This key might help -- I managed to dig it out our old property file on the lighthouse. I know they consider that building important for some reason. Do what you can with it. And be careful. These cultists are a menace, inbred and insane to the last man, and no one will be safe until they are wiped off the face of the earth.[paragraph break]Good luck, and be careful.[paragraph break]-- Claudia Benson"  initial location: in small drawer    tarnished bronze key - passkey  thing > passkey  > tarnished bronze key printed name: "tarnished bronze key" description: "You pick up the tarnished bronze key. It is heavy and apparently very old, crusted thin rime of verdigris."  initial location: in small drawer    telephone  thing  > telephone fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "telephone" description: "It's just an ordinary-looking telephone."  initial location: in Office Interior    styrofoam cup  thing  > styrofoam cup portable  printed name: "styrofoam cup" description: "In the styrofoam cup is some cold, murky coffee."  initial appearance: "Someone seems to have left a cup of coffee sitting out, half-finished and cold."  initial location: in Office Interior   part  coffee  thing  > coffee printed name: "coffee" description: "Muddy-looking and unappetizing. Who knows how long it's been sitting out?"  initial location: part of styrofoam cup    answering machine  thing  > answering machine fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "answering machine" description: "A simple answering machine, with a small display indicating messages received, a button labeled 'PLAY', and a button labeled 'DELETE'."  answering machine condition: pristine  initial location: in Office Interior   part  play button  thing  > play button printed name: "play button" description: "It's just an ordinary-looking button labeled 'PLAY'."  initial location: part of answering machine   part  delete button  thing  > delete button printed name: "delete button" description: "It's just an ordinary-looking button labeled 'DELETE'."  initial location: part of answering machine    latch  thing  > latch fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "latch" description: "It's a little knob that can be turned to lock or unlock the door. It's currently [if the office door is not locked]un[end if]locked."  initial location: in Office Interior    office door - door to Office Exterior  thing > door  > office door scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked  printed name: "office door" description: "[if the player is in Office Exterior]The door has a glass front with the name of the real estate company -- Benson & Brackhurst -- stenciled across it[otherwise]You can make out the words 'tsruhkcarB & nosneB' stenciled across the glass. There is a latch on this side which can be turned to lock or unlock the door[end if]."  initial appearance: "The office door is [if the office door is open]open[otherwise]closed[end if]."

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Al

Alley  room  > Alley printed name: "Alley" description: "This narrow aperture between two buildings is nearly blocked with piles of rotting cardboard boxes and overstuffed garbage cans. Ugly, half-crumbling brick walls to either side totter oppressively over you. The alley ends here at a tall, wooden fence.[paragraph break]High up on the wall of the northern building there is a narrow, transom-style window. [if the cans are moved]One of the garbage cans has been pushed up against the wall directly underneath it.[end if]"   north to File Room via window   northwest to Office Exterior   east to Narrow Beach via fence  add:  northeast;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  boxes  thing  > boxes fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "boxes" description: "The boxes are filthy, slimy and soaked with rain."  initial location: in Alley    wall  thing  > wall fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "wall" description: "It's just an ordinary-looking wall."  initial location: in Alley    cans - supporter  thing > supporter  > cans fixed in place; scenery ; enterable  printed name: "cans" description: "The metal garbage cans are stuffed to overflowing with slowly decomposing refuse."  initial location: in Alley    fence - door to Narrow Beach  thing > door  > fence scenery ; closed  printed name: "fence"  window - door to File Room  thing > door  > window scenery ; closed  printed name: "window" description: "It's about eighteen inches wide and a foot tall, with hinges along the top that allow it to swing out. It's currently [if the window is open]open[otherwise]closed[end if]"

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FR

File Room  room  > File Room printed name: "File Room" description: "Peering through the murk, you can make out the blocky outlines of filing cabinets lining the walls and a doorway to the west. A window high up on the south wall lets in a very faint illumination."   south to Alley via window   west to Office Interior  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  file cabinet  thing  > file cabinet fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "file cabinet" description: "There must be hundreds of files here, too many to browse through. You'll have to look up something specific if you want to find anything."  consult table: Table of File Cabinet Knowledge  consult empty message: "You don't find anything filed under [the topic understood]"  initial location: in File Room    window - door to Alley  thing > door  > window scenery ; closed  printed name: "window" description: "It's about eighteen inches wide and a foot tall, with hinges along the top that allow it to swing out. It's currently [if the window is open]open[otherwise]closed[end if]"

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LP

Local Pub  room  > Local Pub printed name: "Local Pub" description: "A dank, drafty old drinking hole lit by flickering, oil-burning lanterns. Smoke collects in greasy pools among the rafters, and shadows crowd thick around. The bar runs the length of the room to your right, while to the south a low doorway opens onto the street.Mill workers and fishermen occupy a few of the tables, drinking beer or puffing grimly at long-stemmed pipes. Each is wrapped in his solitude, soaking up the general miasma of dreary fatalism."   south to Narrow Street  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  bar  thing  > bar fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "bar" description: "A dark and dour expanse of wood, pitted and scarred and stained with the rings from over a hundred years' worth of slopping beer mugs."  initial location: in Local Pub    patrons  thing  > patrons fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "patrons" description: "The patrons of this place are taciturn and grim. No one speaks. No one looks anyone in the eye. No one, in fact, even looks up from his beer. A heavy aura of resignation -- and, it almost seems, dread -- hangs palpably over the whole crowd."  initial location: in Local Pub    lantern  thing  > lantern unlit  printed name: "lantern" description: "It's an old-fashioned hurricane lamp, with a tall glass chimney to protect it from the wind. The cotton wick burns fitfully in its reservoir of cheap oil."  initial appearance: "The lantern sitting on the table nearest you sputters fitfully, throwing distorted shadows across the wall."  initial location: in Local Pub    pub table  thing  > pub table fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "pub table" initial location: in Local Pub

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Jn

Junction  room  > Junction printed name: "Junction" description: "To the north, a gap in the crowded press of gloomy buildings opens onto a country lane, heading out over a grassy heath. The main street continues to the east, while to the northwest, over the top of a steep rise, you can just make out the vaulted rooftops of the university."   north to Mill Road   northwest to University Court   east to Narrow Street  add:  northeast;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  rise  thing  > rise fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "rise" description: "You can just see the tops of the ivy-covered brick walls from here."  initial location: in Junction

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TL

Twisting Lane  room  > Twisting Lane proper-named  printed name: "Twisting Lane" description: "The lane narrows here to little more than a badly cobbled sidewalk as it wends its way up through a series of tortuous bends and switchbacks. In some places, the street is so steep that steps have been cut into it, worn down over the years and slick with moss. Your progress is blocked at the top of the street by a [if graffiti is nowhere]blank [end if]brick wall."   southeast to nowehre   southwest to Narrow Street   west to Hidden Court  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  brick wall  thing  > brick wall fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "brick wall" initial location: in Twisting Lane

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Nw

nowehre  room  > nowehre proper-named  printed name: "nowehre"  northwest to Twisting Lane  add:  north;  northeast;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward

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HC

Hidden Court  room  > Hidden Court proper-named  printed name: "Hidden Court" description: "You had no idea this little courtyard even existed, cleverly tucked away amidst the confusing tangle of darker avenues. Although surrounded on all sides by steep rooftops and overshadowed by the ever- ominous clouds, this secluded circle somehow manages to convey a sense of peace and brightness, a safe harbor from the oppressive gloom pervading the rest of the town. To the south, a hanging sign marks a humble shop, while a sidestreet to the east leads back into the labyrinth."   south to Cauldron   east to Twisting Lane  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  shop sign  thing  > shop sign fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "shop sign" description: "It simply reads, in gaudily illuminated letters, 'The Cauldron'."  initial location: in Hidden Court

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Cl

Cauldron  room  > Cauldron printed name: "Cauldron" description: "A warm and pleasantly dim light surrounds you and suffuses this cozy little shop. The shelves are crammed with every conceivable variety of new age curiosity: books, crystals, pendants, charms, herbs, potions, incense, candles and -- sure enough, on a display stand right near the door -- decorative cast-iron cauldron-shaped paperweights. How cute. In the rear of the store, a lit display case contains several items of interest. The courtyard lies outside, to the north."   north to Hidden Court  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  violin  thing  > violin printed name: "violin" description: "It's a gorgeous instrument -- the wood is a rich, polished mahogany, the scroll and fingerboard gleaming ebony. The strings almost seem to vibrate of their own accord, as if aching to be played."  initial appearance: "On the display case is a violin."  initial location: in Cauldron    display case - container  thing > container  > display case fixed in place; scenery ; transparent  printed name: "display case" initial location: in Cauldron    set of tarot cards  thing  > set of tarot cards printed name: "set of tarot cards" description: "A beautiful set of cards in a velvet-lined box. The top card, 'The Tower', has been turned up, allowing you to see the exquisitely detailed artwork. In this representation, the tower has been painted to resemble a lighthouse, broken by a bolt of lightning emanating from a great, red-rimmed eye. Two figures, a man and a woman, tumble from the tower's summit, cast lifelessly into the sea."  initial location: in display case    geode  thing  > geode printed name: "geode" description: "A hemisphere of rough, gray stone, about the size and shape of a halved cantaloupe. Its center is a glittering cavity of violet crystals, thousands of sparkling, faceted stalactites and stalagmites inside a cave of colored glass."  initial location: in display case    amulet  thing  > amulet wearable  printed name: "amulet" description: "It's an unassuming silver pendant hanging from a thin leather thong, fashioned in the shape of a tiny, upturned hand with a triangle inscribed within the palm. It reminds you a little of one of those cast pewter game pieces from Monopoly."  initial location: in display case    paperweights  thing  > paperweights fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "paperweights" description: "Mostly a lot of hokey, pseudo-spiritualist knick-knacks. Junk, really. Tourist souvenirs."  initial location: in Cauldron    proprietor - man  thing > person > man  > proprietor printed name: "proprietor" description: "A fabulously thick and bushy tangle of moustache, beard and eyebrows frame the portly old proprietor's deeply seamed face. His eyes are kind, however, and his smile warm and ingenuous, and he seems content to watch you quietly with his hands folded across his considerable paunch as you browse through his shop."  initial appearance: "The proprietor watches you quietly from behind the display case."  initial location: in Cauldron

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UC

University Court  room  > University Court proper-named  printed name: "University Court" description: "Isolated and serene within its high, ivy-covered walls, Miskaton University represents this benighted town's single, if somewhat dubious, claim to cultural achievement. Founded some time in the early 1800s, the school's reputation and enrollment have diminished somewhat as Anchorhead drifts further and further into the abyss of provincial backwaterism. Still, it is generally recognized for its collection of folklore and esoteric mythology (one of the oldest and most extensive on the east coast). The Board of Deans was also kind enough to offer Michael a full professorship upon hearing of his recently discovered heritage and his plans to move into the estate. Ivory tower, perhaps, but at least they take care of their own.[paragraph break]There are numerous buildings surrounding this cobbled court, but the only one you are interested in is the library to the west, where Michael told you he'd be until he came back to the real estate agent's office to pick you up. Which, incidentally, he has not yet done."   southeast to Junction   west to University Library  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward

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UL

University Library  room  > University Library printed name: "University Library" description: "Shadows roost thickly in the vaulted ceiling, and small, green-shaded desk lamps cast pools of warm radiance here and there around the library's dim interior. You pause a moment to let the hushed peacefulness of this place soak in -- a welcome relief from the unsettling events of the day. An exit lies east, and a small alcove to the north houses the circulation counter."   north to Circulation Desk   east to University Court  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  rlamps  thing  > rlamps fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "rlamps" description: "The lamps have curved, brass stands and frosted green shades; the kind of thing you'd expect to see on an accountant's desk in the 1930s."  initial location: in University Library    desks  thing  > desks fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "desks" description: "The desks are small but comfortable."  initial location: in University Library    Michael - man  thing > person > man  > Michael proper-named ; not greeted  printed name: "Michael"  description: "Tall and a bit on the skinny side, in an endearingly awkward sort of way; a serious, thoughtful face topped with an unruly tangle of brown hair; deep brown eyes framed by wire-rimmed glasses -- yep, that's the man you married, all right.[paragraph break][if the goal of Michael is ignore]At the moment, Michael is largely absorbed in his reading, and is paying little attention to you.[otherwise]Michael looks at you expectantly, waiting for you to lead the way.[end if]"  initial appearance: "[if Michael is not greeted]Peering through the shadows, you spot your husband sitting at one of the reading desks, absorbed in some sort of weighty tome and clearly oblivious to the time.[otherwise if the goal of Michael is sleep]Michael is curled up in bed, sound asleep.[otherwise]Michael is here.[end if]"  goal: aimless  initial location: in University Library

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CD

Circulation Desk  room  > Circulation Desk printed name: "Circulation Desk" description: "A high counter divides the public portion of the library from the reserved stacks -- all the more esoteric and mysterious volumes from the university's collection. If anything, the area behind the counter is even more shadowy than the side you're on. The main reading area lies south.[paragraph break]Hanging on the wall next to the counter is a small, printed sign. Beneath the sign sits a heavy, dog-eared register, and sitting next to the register is a bell."   south to University Library  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  book sign  thing  > book sign fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "book sign" description: "'All restricted books must be signed for on the register, and may not be removed from this building. Please have your faculty ID ready when you make your request.'"  initial location: in Circulation Desk    register  thing  > register fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "register" description: "It's basically a log, recording what book was checked out, who checked it out, and when. There must be hundreds of names here."  consult table: Table of the Reading Register  consult empty message: "You don't find that name on the register."  initial location: in Circulation Desk    bell  thing  > bell fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "bell" description: "One of those little round bells with the button on top; you ring it for service."  initial location: in Circulation Desk

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MR

Mill Road  room  > Mill Road proper-named  printed name: "Mill Road" description: "The road carries you across a desolate heath of gray, windswept grass. To the south, the black, jagged outline of Anchorhead's steep roofs and sharp, leaning gables cuts across the horizon. The road forks here to the west and east, heading across the railroad tracks in one direction, out toward the seashore in the other."   south to Junction   east to Breakwater   west to Mill Entrance  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  heath  thing  > heath fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "heath" description: "The undulating heath stretches away to the west and northwest, an unending carpet of colorless grass."  initial location: in Mill Road    roofs  thing  > roofs fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "roofs" description: "From this distance, all you can make out of Anchorhead are the leaning shapes of its rooftops, huddled in a thin, jagged line against the base of the hills to the south."  initial location: in Mill Road    tracks  thing  > tracks fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "tracks" description: "The tracks run down from the northeast and pass by the paper mill before bending west. They cross the Miskaton river some miles out of town."  initial location: in Mill Road

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ME

Mill Entrance  room  > Mill Entrance proper-named  printed name: "Entrance to the Paper Mill"  description: "The road turns southwest here and runs squarely through the front entrance to the old paper mill. A gate of heavy iron bars blocks the only opening into this charred fortress, although an overgrown path leads around the wall to the south. To the north, a rutted lane threads its way past a row of dilapidated shacks."   north to Shanty Town   south to Bare Foundations (but north from Bare Foundations is AT1)   southwest to iron gate (a door)   east to Mill Road  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  pmill  thing  > pmill fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "pmill" description: "The paper mill is a sprawling, box-like conglomeration of soot-stained brick, surmounted by blackened stumps of smokestacks that continuously belch fat, rolling clouds of smoke into the leaden sky."  initial location: in Mill Entrance    iron gate - one-sided door to nowhere  thing > door  > iron gate scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked  printed name: "iron gate" description: "The gate, a twenty-foot high barricade of narrowly spaced, thick, black, iron bars, is designed to roll horizontally, sealing off the entrance to the mill compound. It is currently shut and locked. There are no guardhouses, no buzzers or intercoms, no apparent means of getting in or letting anyone inside know you want in; just this implacable gate in an unscalable wall."  initial location: in Mill Entrance

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ST

Shanty Town  room  > Shanty Town proper-named  printed name: "Shanty Town" description: "The road peters out at a wide clearing of rutted mud, flanked by uneven rows of decrepit, clapboard shacks. The town is quiet, almost deserted; only a few bits of loose tarpaper blowing listlessly in the wind betray the overall stillness."   north to AT1 (but south from AT1 is Bare Foundations)   south to Mill Entrance  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  shacks  thing  > shacks fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "shacks" description: "All peeling paint, broken glass and missing shingles, the houses are poorly built and teetering on the verge of falling apart completely. They are arranged in a vague suggestion of rows on either side of the mud clearing, numbered #1 through #12 with those cheap little nail-up plastic numbers you can buy at hardware stores. Presumably, these denote each shack's 'street address'."  initial location: in Shanty Town    go-away-shack  thing  > go-away-shack fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "go-away-shack" description: "It looks run-down and weather-beaten, just like all the others."  initial location: in Shanty Town    knock-here-shack  thing  > knock-here-shack fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "knock-here-shack" initial location: in Shanty Town

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NE

Number Eleven  room  > Number Eleven proper-named  printed name: "#11 Mill Town Road"  description: "A dirty, ramshackle home, scraped together out of the bits and ends of working-class poverty. The floor is warped and broken wood, bare dirt showing through the cracks between boards. Rags hang across the window in lieu of curtains. Over in the far corner is a rickety old stove; in the opposite corner a threadbare cot; it hits you suddenly that a family of three once lived, slept and ate all in this single room, which is slightly smaller than your bedroom back at the house."   west to Shanty Town (but east from Shanty Town is nowhere)  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  stove  thing  > stove fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "stove" description: "It's an ancient, rusted thing, probably scrounged from a scrap heap somewhere. It puts out barely enough heat to make this place livable."  initial location: in Number Eleven    cot - supporter  thing > supporter  > cot fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "cot" description: "It looks barely big enough to sleep even one person comfortably, and yet it's the only thing in the room approximating a bed."  initial location: in Number Eleven    overalls - container  thing > container  > overalls plural-named ; opaque ; open  printed name: "overalls" description: "They look like a normal set of industrial overalls, the kind of uniform you'd see mill workers in. Stitched into the fabric just above the breast pocket is the name 'Max'."  initial appearance: "A set of grime-smeared overalls hangs on a hook next to the front door to the west."  initial location: in Number Eleven    long steel key - passkey  thing > passkey  > long steel key fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "long steel key" description: "Its shape is rather odd -- a long, cylindrical barrel with several rows of peg-like teeth set radially around it."  initial location: in overalls

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BF

Bare Foundations  room  > Bare Foundations proper-named  printed name: "Bare Foundations" description: "The foundations of an older structure lie crumbling in a sunken square of ground, hidden away behind the imposing shadow of the mill wall. Weeds push up through cracked and buckling slabs of concrete; twisted rebar and rusting pipes poke up like the legs of dead insects. The ruins are surrounded on all sides by dense thickets, although narrow, overgrown trails lead northeast and southeast through the underbrush[if the mill hatch is found][paragraph break]Set into the base of the mill wall, nearly covered by the thickets, is a metal hatch[end if]."   north to AT1 via mill hatch   northeast to Mill Entrance (but southwest from Mill Entrance is nowhere)   southeast to Railroad Tracks  add:  northwest;  south;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  thicket  thing  > thicket fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "thicket" description: "The thickets are full of painful thorns and appear quite impenetrable. They are also very deep; there's no telling what could be hidden -- or what could be hiding -- in their brambly depths."  initial location: in Bare Foundations    mill hatch - door to AT1  thing > door  > mill hatch scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked ; not found  printed name: "mill hatch" description: "It's just an ordinary-looking metal hatch."  matching key: long steel key

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RT

Railroad Tracks  room  > Railroad Tracks proper-named  printed name: "Railroad Tracks" description: "The trail heads up a short embankment and emerges from the thicket alongside the railroad tracks. The tracks run down from the northeast and past the mill, continuing southwest but slowly curving westward until they cross the Miskaton River some miles outside of town. From the embankment you can look out over the entire heath: jagged, shadowy rooftops to the south; the oily ribbon of the Miskaton to the west; and to the east, the lighthouse sentinel and the leaden waters of the Atlantic beyond."   northwest to Bare Foundations  add:  north;  northeast;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward

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MF

Mill Floor  room  > Mill Floor printed name: "Mill Floor" description: "Waves of heat and noise assault you from every corner. Towering above you on all sides are the enormous vats, presses and sundry machinery, the ever-churning inner workings of the paper mill. An opening in the base of the south wall leads back to the maintenance crawlway, and narrow aisles lead in several other directions through the chugging machinery. A grilled catwalk high over your head provides a more direct route across the factory; however, you see no way to get up there from here.[paragraph break]Bolted to the side of one of the machines is a steel ladder, leading up."   south to AT3 via maintenance hatch   up to Workshop  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  chain  thing  > chain fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "chain" description: "It runs all the way up past the catwalk to the ceiling. Its links look somewhat greasy."  initial location: in Mill Floor    machinery  thing  > machinery fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "machinery" description: "The machines squat like gigantic mechanical trolls all around you, ceaselessly clanking, groaning, vibrating and spitting steam."  initial location: in Mill Floor    maintenance hatch - door to AT3  thing > door  > maintenance hatch scenery ; closed ; openable ; lockable; locked  printed name: "maintenance hatch" description: "The hatch is round and quite sturdy-looking. There is a handle on this side, and a small notice fixed to the wall nearby."  part  handle  thing  > handle raised  printed name: "handle" description: "The handle is in the [if the handle is raised]raised[otherwise]lowered[end if] position."  initial location: part of maintenance hatch

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Wr

Workshop  room  > Workshop printed name: "Workshop" description: "Several workbenches and racks of arcane electronic equipment have been dragged together to form a sort of open laboratory on this wide balcony overlooking the mill. A wide table dominates the area, strewn with precision tools, bits of wire, and scribbled calculations. To the south, a narrow catwalk hangs above the mill floor, and a metal ladder leads down into the machinery below.[paragraph break]On the workbenches are [if the memo is in the Workshop]a printed memo, [end if]some notes and some arcane electronic equipment.[paragraph break]One of the racks contains a number of circular mirrors, stacked side by side like dishes in a dishwasher."   down to Mill Floor  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  workbenches  thing  > workbenches fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "workbenches" description: "The benches are strewn with scribbled notes and bits of arcane electronic equipment."  initial location: in Workshop    electronic equipment  thing  > electronic equipment fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "electronic equipment" description: "Circuitboards, electronic components of various shapes and sizes. It's all entirely beyond you."  initial location: in Workshop    calipers  thing  > calipers printed name: "pair of calipers"  description: "Made of stainless steel, molded in a strangely flowing, almost organic design, the calipers -- if that is what they are -- resemble no other tool you've ever seen. It has three independently adjustable arms, each ending in a needle-point pincer, which fold back on themselves at grotesque, asymetrical angles toward a floating center point. There is a calibrated readout set near the base, which presumably provides a measure of whatever strange contortion of space is occupied by whatever object is placed between the pincers at the tool's other end."  initial appearance: "Prominent among the strange tools scattered across the table is a strange caliper-like instrument."  initial location: in Workshop    notes  thing  > notes fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "notes" description: "The notes are a mess of incomprehensibly scrawled numbers; long printouts of technical data, tangled diagrams and complex formulae. Even if you had the slightest idea what all the calculations meant, the numbers are barely even legible."  initial location: in Workshop    blueprint  thing  > blueprint printed name: "blueprint" description: "The blueprint is a technical schematic for some extremely complicated device, the exact purpose of which is anything but clear. It looks a bit like a telescope, a bit like a microwave oven turned inside out, and a bit like the 'industrial laser' from [italic type]Goldfinger[roman type]. The inner workings of the device involve a complicated arrangement of lenses and mirrors and a hopeless tangle of circuitry that vaguely resembles several dozen street maps of Manhattan laid across each other. Some of the notations on the circuitry don't even look like technical symbols; they look more like cabbalistic runes.[paragraph break]Next to what must represent the main focusing mirror of the device, someone has written the number '0.0113'; someone else, in another handwriting, has scratched that number out and written below it, '0.0182'."  initial appearance: "Tacked up on the wall is a large technical blueprint."  initial location: in Workshop    rack of mirrors - container  thing > container  > rack of mirrors fixed in place; scenery ; transparent  printed name: "rack of mirrors" description: "The rack has four slots labeled one through four.[paragraph break]In the rack are TODO."  initial location: in Workshop    M1 - numbered mirror  thing > strange mirror > numbered mirror  > M1 proper-named  label: 1  thickness: 0.0172  initial location: in rack of mirrors    M2 - numbered mirror  thing > strange mirror > numbered mirror  > M2 proper-named  label: 2  thickness: 0.0182  initial location: in rack of mirrors    M3 - numbered mirror  thing > strange mirror > numbered mirror  > M3 proper-named ; ceremonial  label: 3  thickness: 0.0113  initial location: in rack of mirrors    M4 - numbered mirror  thing > strange mirror > numbered mirror  > M4 proper-named  label: 4  thickness: 0.0166  initial location: in rack of mirrors

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LB

Lighthouse Bottom  room  > Lighthouse Bottom proper-named  printed name: "Bottom of the Lighthouse"  description: "The sound of the ocean is muffled behind the thick cinderblock walls, and the air is damp and heavy. You can almost feel the weight of two hundred feet of hoary old whitewashed brick pressing down on you from above. To the west, a narrow strip of dim light marks the exit. Cracked concrete steps lead up."   west to Lighthouse Base via great bronze door   up to Lighthouse Top via lighthouse steps  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  great bronze door - door to Lighthouse Base  thing > door  > great bronze door scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked  printed name: "great bronze door" description: "A monstrous slab of solid bronze set into the thick stone wall of the lighthouse base. Age and seawater have covered its once gleaming surface with an unhealthy green crust of verdigris."  matching key: tarnished bronze key   lighthouse steps - door to Lighthouse Top  thing > door  > lighthouse steps scenery ; open  printed name: "lighthouse steps" description: "The stairs lead [if the player is in Lighthouse Bottom]up[otherwise]down[end if] in a spiral to the rest of the lighthouse."

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LT

Lighthouse Top  room  > Lighthouse Top proper-named  printed name: "Top of the Lighthouse"  description: "The stairs give onto a wide, circular chamber surrounded by windows. The glass is old and streaked with grime, but you still have to catch your breath at the magnificence of the view. In one direction, the dying heath and the stunted cluster of buildings that is Anchorhead; in the other, the ocean like a vast, undulating blanket.[paragraph break]Sitting in the middle of the room is what looks like a swivel mount of some kind, although nothing is mounted on it now. Looking up, you see that it rests directly below a large, hexagonal skylight."   down to Lighthouse Bottom via lighthouse steps  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  swivel mount  thing  > swivel mount fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "swivel mount" description: "The mounting is ring-shaped, about three feet in diameter, and is designed to allow whatever is to be mounted on it to turn freely in all directions. It was probably originally intended to hold the beacon when the lighthouse was still in operation."  initial location: in Lighthouse Top    lighthouse windows  thing  > lighthouse windows fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "lighthouse windows" description: "The view -- which encompasses the ocean, the heath, the town of Anchorhead and even the distant paper mill -- is magnificent."  initial location: in Lighthouse Top    lighthouse skylight  thing  > lighthouse skylight fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "lighthouse skylight" description: "That big, churning hole in the sky is perfectly framed by the hexagonal skylight."  initial location: in Lighthouse Top    lighthouse steps - door to Lighthouse Bottom  thing > door  > lighthouse steps scenery ; open  printed name: "lighthouse steps" description: "The stairs lead [if the player is in Lighthouse Bottom]up[otherwise]down[end if] in a spiral to the rest of the lighthouse."

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Cr

Courthouse  room  > Courthouse printed name: "Courthouse" description: "A long, dimly lit, north-south corridor stretches away from the courthouse entrance. Closed, unmarked doors line either side of the hall, their pebbled glass windows lit from within by a murky, yellow-orange light. Silence reigns here; your footsteps echo eerily on the tiled floor, and occasionally you can hear muted conversation behind one of the doors -- you can't tell which. At the hall's southern end, a staircase leads down into the basement; a sign hanging above it reads 'RECORDS'. You can return to Town Square to the north."   north to Town Square   down to Courthouse Basement  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  cdoors  thing  > cdoors fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "cdoors" description: "Through the pebbled glass you can see a light on inside, but nothing else is visible."  initial location: in Courthouse    cstairs - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > cstairs printed name: "cstairs" description: "[if the location is the Courthouse]The stairs lead down to the record archives[otherwise]The stairs lead back up to the ground floor.[end if]."

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CB

Courthouse Basement  room  > Courthouse Basement printed name: "Courthouse Basement" description: "A single bulb dangling from the ceiling casts a watery, yellow light against the brick walls. A rickety staircase to the north leads back up to the ground floor, and two narrow doorways lead into the record archives. Over the southeast door hangs a sign that reads 'BIRTH RECORDS', while the southwest door bears the sign 'DEATH RECORDS'."   southeast to Brecords   southwest to Drecords   up to Courthouse  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  east;  west;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  cstairs - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > cstairs printed name: "cstairs" description: "[if the location is the Courthouse]The stairs lead down to the record archives[otherwise]The stairs lead back up to the ground floor.[end if]."

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Br

Brecords  room  > Brecords proper-named  printed name: "Birth Records"  description: "A bare room with cinderblock walls. Thousands of records and documents, most yellow and brittle with age, are stacked everywhere in towering piles. The exit lies northwest."   northwest to Courthouse Basement  add:  north;  northeast;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  birth records  thing  > birth records fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "birth records" description: "The records go all the way back to the seventeenth century and are quite extensive. It would take a while to sort through all the papers, but you could look an individual up by name. Although it would take longer, you can also flip through all the documents in a given year to see if any familiar names pop up."  initial location: in Brecords

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Dr

Drecords  room  > Drecords proper-named  printed name: "Death Records"  description: "A bare room with cinderblock walls. Thousands of records and documents, most yellow and brittle with age, are stacked everywhere in towering piles. The exit lies northeast."   northeast to Courthouse Basement  add:  north;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  death records  thing  > death records fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "death records" description: "The records go all the way back to the seventeenth century and are quite extensive. It would take a while to sort through all the papers, but you could look an individual up by name. Although it would take longer, you can also flip through all the documents in a given year to see if any familiar names pop up."  initial location: in Drecords

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SA

Side Alley  room  > Side Alley proper-named  printed name: "Side Alley" description: "This is a featureless blind alley, a dead end. Through the narrow and heavily shadowed opening to the northeast, you can see the square and the obelisk at its center."   northeast to Town Square  add:  north;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  opeek  thing  > opeek proper-named ; fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "opeek" description: "Although you're too far away to read the hieroglyphs on its sides, you have an otherwise excellent view of the obelisk from here."  initial location: in Side Alley

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Rv

Riverwalk  room  > Riverwalk printed name: "Riverwalk" description: "A low, irregular brick wall to the north divides this street from the steep, mud-slick banks of the sinuous Miskaton, while a rusty iron gate provides access to a precarious flight of stone steps leading down the bank to the water's edge. The street bends south here, turning into a misty avenue between the trees. The town square lies west, a vacant lot lies east."   north to Under the Bridge (but south from Under the Bridge is Access Shaft)   south to Chilly Avenue   east to Vacant Lot   west to Town Square   down to Under the Bridge  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  old brick wall  thing  > old brick wall fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "old brick wall" description: "Presumably, it's to keep people from falling into the river, although it looks old enough to disintegrate were you to even lean on it."  initial location: in Riverwalk    rusty gate  thing  > rusty gate fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "rusty gate" description: "The rusty gate is open."  initial location: in Riverwalk    river steps - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > river steps printed name: "river steps" description: "[if the player is in Riverwalk]The stairs lead down to the banks of the river[otherwise]The stairs lead back up to the riverwalk[end if]."

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VL

Vacant Lot  room  > Vacant Lot proper-named  printed name: "Vacant Lot" description: "Where once a building stood, there is now only cracked pavement and rampant weeds. A high chain-link fence surrounds this vacant lot; the only breaks lie to the west and southeast."   southeast to Wharf   west to Riverwalk  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  mattress  thing  > mattress printed name: "mattress" description: "The mattress is stained and beaten, oozing stuffing in several places. From the cans and food wrappers scattered around it, it looks as though somebody's been using it as a bed."  initial appearance: "A filthy old mattress lies among the weeds over in one corner of the lot."  initial location: in Vacant Lot    chain-link fence - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > chain-link fence printed name: "chain-link fence"

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CA

Chilly Avenue  room  > Chilly Avenue proper-named  printed name: "Chilly Avenue" description: "Perhaps it is merely the effect of some unwholesome vapour rising from the murky waters of the nearby Miskaton, but the temperature along this street seems perceptibly cooler than normal, even for a New England autumn. Two dirt roads lead south and southwest, into the dense woods at the edge of town.[if the location of the clammy mist is Chilly Avenue]A clammy mist hangs thickly in the air, seeping through your clothes and making you shiver.[end if]"   north to Riverwalk   south to Deserted Lane   southwest to Scenic View  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  clammy mist  thing  > clammy mist fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "clammy mist" description: "The mist seems to gather most thickly to the southwest. You can't see more than a few yards down the road in that direction."  initial location: in Chilly Avenue

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AC

Asylum Courtyard  room  > Asylum Courtyard proper-named  printed name: "Asylum Courtyard" description: "The grim, white-washed edifice of Danvers Asylum bounds this tiny, shadowed courtyard to the south, its narrow, barred windows staring blankly down at you like ranks of shriveled, empty eye sockets. You can escape through a narrow gateway in the high, brick wall to the north."   north to Dark Corner   south to Waiting Room  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward

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WR

Waiting Room  room  > Waiting Room printed name: "Waiting Room" description: "Ugly, mint-green tiles and walls of whitewashed cinderblock comprise the decor of this inhospitable waiting room. A hard little sofa upholstered in avocado vinyl and a feebly struggling potted palm are provided for the comfort of visitors, although you get the feeling that few inmates of this institution are fortunate enough to have visitors. A metal gate bars entrance to a southern passageway, which you assume leads to the inmates' section. The exit lies north."   north to Asylum Courtyard   south to Lower Hallway Middle  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  tiles  thing  > tiles fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "tiles" description: "The tiles are pale, bland, non-color green, specifically designed to be as soothing as possible. Just looking at them makes you want to smash your head against the wall."  initial location: in Waiting Room    asofa - supporter  thing > supporter  > asofa fixed in place; scenery ; enterable  printed name: "sofa"  description: "It is the apotheosis of utilitarian decor, little more than a horizontal slab with some vertical slabs around the sides to keep people from falling off. And it is avocado."  initial location: in Waiting Room

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UH

Upper Hallway North  room  > Upper Hallway North proper-named  printed name: "Hallway"  description: "A grim hallway of concrete and industrial green tiles. This is the north end; the hallway runs south from here. Doors lead east and west, and a narrow, barred window to the north looks out onto the dark corner outside[if the shard of glass is in the cracks].[paragraph break]There is a jagged shard of glass poking out of the wall here, underneath the window[end if]."   south to Upper Hallway Middle   east to Cell Interior NE via Cell Door NE  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  janitor's closet - container  thing > container  > janitor's closet fixed in place; scenery ; closed ; openable  printed name: "janitor's closet" description: "This looks like it might have been a janitor's closet, although all the cleaning equipment has been cleared away, leaving only a small, dingy alcove."  initial location: in Upper Hallway North    shard of glass  thing  > shard of glass printed name: "shard of glass" description: "The shard is triangular, about two inches long, and very sharp."  initial appearance: "A shard of glass from the broken window lies on the floor."  initial location: in Upper Hallway North    broken window  thing  > broken window fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "broken window" description: "Building maintenance is obviously not a big priority at this institution. The wall around the window casement is cracked in several places -- some of the cracks are quite large. The window pane itself is broken in, probably by a misguided bird sometime in the recent past."  initial location: in Upper Hallway North   part  cracks - container  thing > container  > cracks printed name: "cracks" description: "A jagged network of cracks has spread out around the bottom edge of the window as the wall slowly settles. One crack is nearly a quarter-inch wide."  initial location: part of broken window    Cell Window NE - observation window  thing > observation window  > Cell Window NE proper-named ; fixed in place printed name: "observation window"  initial location: in Upper Hallway North    Cell Door NE - door to Cell Interior NE  thing > door > cell door  > Cell Door NE proper-named  printed name: "cell door"

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UH

Upper Hallway Middle  room  > Upper Hallway Middle proper-named  printed name: "Hallway"  description: "A grim hallway of concrete and industrial green tiles, running north and south from here. Doors lead east and west."   north to Upper Hallway North   south to Upper Hallway South   east to Cell Interior ME via Cell Door ME   west to Cell Interior MW via Cell Door MW  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Cell Window MW - observation window  thing > observation window  > Cell Window MW proper-named ; fixed in place printed name: "west observation window"  initial location: in Upper Hallway Middle    Cell Window ME - observation window  thing > observation window  > Cell Window ME proper-named ; fixed in place printed name: "east observation window"  initial location: in Upper Hallway Middle    Cell Door MW - door to Cell Interior MW  thing > door > cell door  > Cell Door MW proper-named  printed name: "west door"   Cell Door ME - door to Cell Interior ME  thing > door > cell door  > Cell Door ME proper-named  printed name: "east door"

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UH

Upper Hallway South  room  > Upper Hallway South proper-named  printed name: "Hallway"  description: "A grim hallway of concrete and industrial green tiles. This is the south end; the hall runs north from here. Doors lead east and west, and a doorway to the south leads to the top of a stairway."   north to Upper Hallway Middle   south to Top of Asylum Stairs   east to Cell interior SE via Cell Door SE   west to Cell Interior SW via Cell Door SW  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Cell Window SE - observation window  thing > observation window  > Cell Window SE proper-named ; fixed in place printed name: "east observation window"  initial location: in Upper Hallway South    Cell Window XX - observation window  thing > observation window  > Cell Window XX proper-named ; fixed in place printed name: "west observation window"  initial location: in Upper Hallway South    Cell Door SE - door to Cell interior SE  thing > door > cell door  > Cell Door SE proper-named  printed name: "east door"   Cell Door SW - door to Cell Interior SW  thing > door > cell door  > Cell Door SW proper-named  printed name: "west door"

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TA

Top of Asylum Stairs  room  > Top of Asylum Stairs proper-named  printed name: "Top of Asylum Stairs" description: "You are at the top of a stairwell leading down to the asylum's ground floor. A hallway lined with doors leads north."   north to Upper Hallway South   down to Bottom of Asylum Stairs  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward

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BA

Bottom of Asylum Stairs  room  > Bottom of Asylum Stairs proper-named  printed name: "Bottom of Asylum Stairs" description: "You are at the bottom of a stairwell leading up to the asylum's second floor. A hallway leads north."   north to Lower Hallway South   up to Top of Asylum Stairs  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward

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LH

Lower Hallway South  room  > Lower Hallway South proper-named ; dark  printed name: "Hallway"  description: "A grim hallway of concrete and industrial green tiles. This is the south end; the hall runs north from here. A doorway to the south leads to the bottom of a stairway."   north to Lower Hallway Middle   south to Bottom of Asylum Stairs  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward

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LH

Lower Hallway Middle  room  > Lower Hallway Middle proper-named ; dark  printed name: "Hallway"  description: "A grim hallway of concrete and industrial green tiles. The hallway runs south from here; to the north, the hallway ends at the barred gate leading to the lobby."   north to Waiting Room   south to Lower Hallway South  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  first orderly - stiff  thing > stiff  > first orderly initial appearance: "The orderly is lying face down in a pool of blood on the floor, a few feet beyond the barred gate."  initial location: in Lower Hallway Middle    porno magazine  thing  > porno magazine printed name: "porno magazine" description: "'Juggs'. How charming."  initial appearance: "The orderly's porno magazine lies discarded on the floor, just outside the barred gate."  printing: "There's not a whole lot in this magazine that you actually read. The target audience for this sort of thing is generally more interested in the pictures than in the articles."  initial location: in Lower Hallway Middle

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AS

Access Shaft  room  > Access Shaft dark  printed name: "Access Shaft" description: "This tiny, concrete-lined alcove within the underside of the bridge forms the top of a vertical shaft leading down into darkness. Iron rungs embedded in the wall provide a way down."   north to Under the Bridge via small metal door   down to Sewer Tunnel  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  small metal door - door to Under the Bridge  thing > door  > small metal door closed ; openable ; lockable; locked  printed name: "small metal door" initial appearance: "A small metal door, blotchy with rust, is set into the south bank of the river, underneath the bridge."  matching key: small copper key

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ST

Sewer Tunnel  room  > Sewer Tunnel dark  printed name: "Sewer Tunnel" description: "The tunnel is ankle-deep in brackish water, though raised walkways on either side provide relatively dry footing. The walls are slick, the air damp and foul. The main tunnel runs north and southeast. Numerous smaller pipelines lead in all directions, but all are too small for you to crawl through. Iron rungs embedded in the wall lead up through an access shaft, back to the surface."   north to Dripping Tunnel   southeast to Vaulted Tunnel   up to Access Shaft  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southwest;  east;  west;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  pipelines  thing  > pipelines fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "pipelines" description: "The mouths of numerous pipelines open into this main tunnel. Some of them are nearly a foot across, some of them no wider than your thumb; all of them are too small to crawl through."  initial location: in Sewer Tunnel    sewer ladder  thing  > sewer ladder fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "sewer ladder" description: "It's an ordinary wooden ladder."  initial location: in Sewer Tunnel

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DT

Dripping Tunnel  room  > Dripping Tunnel dark  printed name: "Dripping Tunnel" description: "The ceiling in this north-south tunnel is so low you must bend nearly double to navigate it. Water drips endlessly through the walls and ceiling, seeping in through thousands of invisible fissures, the constant plip-plip-plipping echoing loudly throughout the tunnel. The air is so damp you can hardly breathe. Unless your sense of direction is mistaken, you must be crossing the Miskaton River -- [italic type]underneath it[roman type]."   north to Broken Tunnel   south to Sewer Tunnel  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward

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BT

Broken Tunnel  room  > Broken Tunnel printed name: "Broken Tunnel" description: "This looks to be an older part of the sewer system that has fallen into disrepair. Many of the pipes here have crumbled and are filled with debris."   south to Dripping Tunnel   up to Outflow Tunnel via old iron hatch  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  sewer pipes  thing  > sewer pipes plural-named ; fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "sewer pipes" description: "The pipes are broken and jagged, filled with debris and thick slime."  initial location: in Broken Tunnel    old iron hatch - door to Outflow Tunnel  thing > door  > old iron hatch closed ; not oiled  printed name: "old iron hatch" description: "It's a rectangle of corroded metal, just over a foot long on each side. It's currently hanging [if open]open[otherwise]closed[end if]."  initial appearance: "[if the player is in the Broken Tunnel]Set in the low ceiling is an old iron hatch[otherwise if open]Much of the water is pouring through an open hatch set in the floor of the tunnel[otherwise]Set in the floor of the tunnel is an old iron hatch[end if]."

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VT

Vaulted Tunnel  room  > Vaulted Tunnel dark  printed name: "Vaulted Tunnel" description: "The walls of this long, rectangular chamber are made of crumbling brick, not concrete; most likely it was built at some earlier period than the rest of the tunnels. The ceiling is lost in darkness above you, but from the sounds of the echoes it must be pretty high. Water flowing in from the northwestern tunnel has pooled in a depression sunk into the limestone floor, becoming quite deep near the far end[if filled].[paragraph break]The shattered wreckage of the church stairway lies half submerged in the water-filled depression. You're lucky to have missed it in your fall.[end if]."   northwest to Sewer Tunnel  add:  north;  northeast;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  sewer water  thing  > sewer water fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "sewer water" description: "The water is dark, brackish brown, and utterly foul. An oily sheen covers its surface, and occasionally small lumps float by -- lumps of what, you'd rather not guess."  initial location: in Vaulted Tunnel

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OT

Outflow Tunnel  room  > Outflow Tunnel dark  printed name: "Outflow Tunnel" description: "From the smell of it, this must be a sewage outflow tunnel. Filthy water swirls past a metal grate to the west and eddies around your hands and knees, on which you are forced to crawl in this cramped cylindrical passageway. To the east, the tunnel narrows still further, terminating about twenty feet further in a circle of dim light."   east to Narrow Beach (but west from Narrow Beach is Alley)   down to Broken Tunnel via old iron hatch  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  grate  thing  > grate fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "grate" description: "The grate is heavy and solidly embedded in the concrete. Bits of filth and slime brought down by the water cling to the bars. It completely blocks further progress west."  initial location: in Outflow Tunnel    old iron hatch - door to Broken Tunnel  thing > door  > old iron hatch closed ; not oiled  printed name: "old iron hatch" description: "It's a rectangle of corroded metal, just over a foot long on each side. It's currently hanging [if open]open[otherwise]closed[end if]."  initial appearance: "[if the player is in the Broken Tunnel]Set in the low ceiling is an old iron hatch[otherwise if open]Much of the water is pouring through an open hatch set in the floor of the tunnel[otherwise]Set in the floor of the tunnel is an old iron hatch[end if]."

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TP

Trampled Path  room  > Trampled Path printed name: "Trampled Path" description: "The tangled undergrowth has been beaten down in a path leading roughly from the east to the southwest. Shrubs and grass have been flattened and pushed aside, vines torn down, and small trees bent or even snapped in half, as though something heavy with huge, flat feet had simply trampled its way through."   southwest to Abandoned Slaughterhouse   east to Down the Road  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward

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AS

Abandoned Slaughterhouse  room  > Abandoned Slaughterhouse printed name: "Abandoned Slaughterhouse" description: "The decayed remains of an old slaughterhouse stand here, now little more than a shell of crumbling brick and gaping holes, surrounded by a clearing of yellow, sickly grass. A path leads northeast, back toward the road; to the west, a gaping hole that might once have been a doorway leads into the rotting building."  notion: "The forest is unnaturally quiet here, you notice; there are no birds calling, no leaves rustling or branches creaking; even the whippoorwills have fallen silent. All is still, holding its collective breath in an expectant hush."   northeast to Trampled Path   west to Crumbled Ruin  add:  north;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  walls  thing  > walls fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "walls" description: "The ancient walls are barely even holding themselves together. The only reason you can tell it used to be a slaughterhouse is the faded paint on one wall: 'Crompton Meat Processing'."  initial location: in Abandoned Slaughterhouse

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CR

Crumbled Ruin  room  > Crumbled Ruin printed name: "Crumbled Ruin" description: "The roof has collapsed, leaving the interior open to the sky; the floor is nothing but bare, beaten dirt. Gaps in the bricks lead east and south. Although nothing stands now but the tottering, crumbling stonework (and that only barely), you fancy you can still detect a faint miasma of death -- a palpable, chilling reminder of the bloody work which once went on within these walls.[paragraph break][if the animal tracks are handled]Faint tracks mark the dirt here; large, rounded footprints tracking back and forth across the ground[otherwise]There's something odd about the ground here; some faint marking or pattern[end if]."   south to Behind the Slaughterhouse   east to Abandoned Slaughterhouse  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  animal tracks  thing  > animal tracks fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "animal tracks" description: "The marks in the dirt are tracks of some kind, but not of any animal you're familiar with, unless there's a lame elephant loose in the New England woods. The prints are large -- quite a bit larger than your outspread hand, and vaguely round. They criss-cross the ground in every direction. Whatever made them obviously lives here, or at least visits quite often."  initial location: in Crumbled Ruin    old rusty meat hook  thing  > old rusty meat hook printed name: "old rusty meat hook" description: "The crossbar fits in your palm, leaving the hook part to stick out between the third and fourth fingers. It's a heavy sucker, nearly fifteen inches long from handle to point, made for hauling around carcasses with a minimum of ceremony. You wouldn't like to think what this could do to a living person."  initial appearance: "An old rusty meat hook sticks out of the ground nearby, its point half-buried in the dirt."  initial location: in Crumbled Ruin    tattered paper  thing  > tattered paper printed name: "tattered paper" description: "The drawing is of a pair of crudely rendered figures, scrawled with dark, heavy lines that occasionally punch right through the paper. The two figures are holding hands. The one on the left is a smiling woman with long, straight hair; the one on the right...[paragraph break]Well, you don't know. Frankly, you'd rather not speculate. An octopus on human legs, maybe, if you could believe any healthy child would conceive of such a thing. Above the first figure is scribbled the word 'MOMY'; above the second, 'WILAM (ME)'."  initial appearance: "Over in the far corner, a tattered sheet of drawing paper lies discarded on the ground."  initial location: in Crumbled Ruin

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BS

Behind the Slaughterhouse  room  > Behind the Slaughterhouse proper-named  printed name: "Old Stone Well"  description: "Beyond the south wall of the old slaughterhouse, there is nothing but a tangled thicket so dense as to be impenetrable in every direction except to the north, where you can slip back into the ruined slaughterhouse through a hole in the wall.[paragraph break]Rising from the midst of the underbrush is a squat circle of stone: the top of an ancient well. A rotting [circle of plywood] [if the circle of plywood is handled]leans against the side of the well[otherwise]covers the opening[end if]"   north to Crumbled Ruin   down to Well Bottom  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  circle of plywood  thing  > circle of plywood unmentioned  printed name: "circle of plywood" description: "Nothing but a thick sheet of plywood cut into a rough circle, about a yard across."  initial location: in Behind the Slaughterhouse

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WB

Well Bottom  room  > Well Bottom proper-named  printed name: "In the Well"  description: "The sky is a dim circle of light far above you. The stone walls press in on you from all sides, and the air is clammy and frigid. A faint odor of decay drifts up from the floor; the smell of a trapped animal decomposing under the back porch.[paragraph break]You are [if the player is in the bones]hiding, buried beneath the bones[otherwise]standing knee deep in a rattling jumble of children's bones[end if]."   up to Behind the Slaughterhouse  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  kids bones - container  thing > container  > kids bones fixed in place; scenery ; enterable  printed name: "kids bones" description: "You can deduce only two things about the gruesome pile: there are more bones here than could be produced by a single child, and some of the bones are older than others. Whoever has been throwing them down here has been doing it for a long time."  initial location: in Well Bottom

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Ch

Churchyard  room  > Churchyard printed name: "Churchyard" description: "A low, wrought-iron fence, its spike-tipped bars bent or leaning at crazy angles, surrounds the overgrown yard of this dark, abandoned church. A gap in the fence leads back west, while a bare path beaten through the groping weeds leads around the church to the southeast."   southeast to Behind the Church (but northwest from Behind the Church is nowhere)   east to church door (a door)   west to Deserted Lane  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  church door - one-sided door to nowhere  thing > door  > church door scenery  printed name: "church door" description: "At least a dozen sturdy boards have been nailed across the sturdy oak doors; even with proper tools, it would take you days to pry them loose."  initial location: in Churchyard  cfence  thing  > cfence fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "cfence" description: "The fence is about chest-high and topped with nasty iron spikes. Weeds and ground vines wind up through the bars, most of which are bent and some of which are missing altogether."  initial location: in Churchyard    achurch  thing  > achurch fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "achurch" description: "The hoary structure towers over your head, built of massiage and nearly buried beneath an invading tide of ivy. Thsteeple is a jagged silhouette against the brooding sky."  initial location: in Churchyard

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BC

Behind the Church  room  > Behind the Church proper-named  printed name: "Behind the Church" description: "The forest encroaches right up to the iron fence here, some of which is literally buried in the tangled underbrush. There are no doors on this side, although a wooden trap door over by the corner of the building probably leads into a cellar. A path leads southwest, around to the front of the church."   southwest to Churchyard (but northeast from Churchyard is nowhere)   down to Church Cellar via trap door  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  east;  west;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  iron fence  thing  > iron fence fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "iron fence" description: "The fence is about chest-high and topped with nasty iron spikes. Weeds and ground vines wind up through the bars, most of which are bent and some of which are missing altogether."  initial location: in Behind the Church    padlock  thing  > padlock fixed in place; scenery ; breakable  printed name: "padlock" description: "[if the trap door is locked]The padlock, which is the size of your fist, is so thoroughly rusted that it looks like one huge homogeneous lump of corrosion. Although it's still quite strong, you might be able to break it if you had something heavy enough[otherwise]It's little more than a twisted hunk of torn metal. You'd hardly even guess it was ever used as a padlock[end if]."  initial location: in Behind the Church    trap door - door to Church Cellar  thing > door  > trap door scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked  printed name: "trap door" description: "The boards are old and warped, but still quite sturdy. It is locked with a heavy padlock."

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CC

Church Cellar  room  > Church Cellar dark  printed name: "Church Cellar" description: "Centipedes and beetles scurry away across the rotten floorboards as you shine your light across the room. Over in the corner sits a hulking shape of black metal that was probably once a wood-burning furnace; aside from that, the cellar looks empty. A dark alcove, the shadows within too thick to see through, opens in the west wall, and a trap door in the ceiling leads back up to the outside.[paragraph break]At the very edge of your light's glow, you can just make out a horribly suggestive shape lying in the shadows behind the furnace."   west to Empty Stairwell   up to Behind the Church via trap door  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  wood-burning furnace - container  thing > container  > wood-burning furnace fixed in place; scenery ; closed ; openable  printed name: "wood-burning furnace" description: "It's a big, pot-bellied iron furnace, blackened from years of use, with a hatch on one side and numerous twisting pipes which snake out of the top and grope their way up to the ceiling."  initial location: in Church Cellar    real estate agent's severed head  thing  > real estate agent's severed head printed name: "real estate agent's severed head" description: "It's the gore-spattered head of the real estate agent -- you recognize her from the cover of a brochure she sent you in the mail several months ago. The eyes are still open and the mouth thrown wide in a silent scream."  initial location: in wood-burning furnace    dead body  thing  > dead body fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "dead body" description: "It's the dead body of a woman. Her head has been raggedly hacked away, and her clothes above the waist are soaked through with blood. As you fight to control your rising gorge, you note that the body cannot have been here for very long; the decay, though bad, is not very far advanced. She must have been killed within the last couple of days at most."  initial location: in Church Cellar    trap door - door to Behind the Church  thing > door  > trap door scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked  printed name: "trap door" description: "The boards are old and warped, but still quite sturdy. It is locked with a heavy padlock."

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ES

Empty Stairwell  room  > Empty Stairwell proper-named ; dark  printed name: "Empty Stairwell" description: "This alcove used to house a stairwell leading up and down; now it contains only a few rotted boards jutting from the walls and an empty shaft dropping down out of sight. Above you hang the broken-off remains of the stairs leading up to the ground floor, the last shattered riser only a couple of tantalizing feet out of reach."   east to Church Cellar   up to Empty Stairwell   down to Empty Stairwell  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  stairwell shaft - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > stairwell shaft printed name: "stairwell shaft" description: "The walls of the shaft are rough stone, dropping down farther than you can see."

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BS

Broken Stairs  room  > Broken Stairs proper-named ; dark  printed name: "Broken Stairs" description: "The stairs stop short about seven feet shy of the basement floor, the bottom-most steps hanging suspended over an empty shaft that descends beyond sight into the shadowy depths. What's left of the structure creaks and shifts uneasily under your feet. At the top of the stairs to the north, a doorway opens onto the ground floor of the church."   north to Vestibule   up to Vestibule   down to Rope Bottom  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  bstair  thing  > bstair fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "bstair" description: "The whole structure seems very unstable. Yours is probably the first weight it's had to support in decades."  initial location: in Broken Stairs    stairwell shaft - backdrop  thing > backdrop  > stairwell shaft printed name: "stairwell shaft" description: "The walls of the shaft are rough stone, dropping down farther than you can see."

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Vs

Vestibule  room  > Vestibule dark  printed name: "Vestibule" description: "A dim antechamber, opening onto the main chapel to the east. To the west, the main doors to the church have been solidly nailed shut, and through a shadowy doorway to the south you can see stairs leading down."   south to Broken Stairs   east to Chapel Front   down to Broken Stairs  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  hooded robe  thing  > hooded robe wearable  printed name: "hooded robe" description: "[if the robe is not handled]It's a hooded robe, left in a rumpled heap on the floor.[paragraph break][end if]The robe is made of some rough, heavy material, dyed a deep, murky red, like old wine. Its voluminous folds would easily cover you head to toe."  initial appearance: "Piled in one dusty corner is a heap of old cloth."  initial location: in Vestibule

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CF

Chapel Front  room  > Chapel Front proper-named ; dark  printed name: "Chapel"  description: "Broken shards from the shattered the stained glass windows grits under your feet as you step around rows of overturned pews. The dust and cobwebs have been busy here, reclaiming another bit of this town's abandoned history. To the west lies the vestibule; to the east, a small doorway behind the pulpit leads to the back of the church.[paragraph break]The big wooden cross that once hung above the pulpit has fallen, split in half."   east to Chapel Rear   west to Vestibule  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  pews  thing  > pews fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "pews" description: "The once orderly procession of benches is now a jackstraw jumble of broken wood."  initial location: in Chapel Front    cross  thing  > cross fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "cross" description: "From the way it fell, it looks as though it must have been hung upside-down."  initial location: in Chapel Front    pulpit - supporter  thing > supporter  > pulpit fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "pulpit" description: "Where once fiery-tongued preachers harangued congregations of quaking Puritans, now there is simply a dusty wooden box on its end. Sitting atop it is a huge, black-bound tome."  initial location: in Chapel Front   on  huge black tome  thing  > huge black tome not dangerous  printed name: "huge black tome" description: "It lies open atop the pulpit, thicker than an unabridged dictionary. Its thousands of yellowed, crinkly pages are bound in a strange black material that looks like some kind of hide but clearly isn't leather. Your first thought was that it might be a Bible, but a glance is sufficient to tell you otherwise. The text within is arranged in two columns, the first in what looks like Latin, the second a translation in English. There are illustrations, as well: horrible icons that make your skin crawl to look at."  initial location: on pulpit

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CR

Chapel Rear  room  > Chapel Rear proper-named ; dark  printed name: "Behind the Chapel"  description: "This little room behind the chapel is hardly bigger than a broom closet. A ladder bolted to the wall leads up through a hatch, presumably up into the steeple."   west to Chapel Front   up to Steeple  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  chapel ladder  thing  > chapel ladder fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "chapel ladder" description: "It's an ordinary wooden ladder."  initial location: in Chapel Rear

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St

Steeple  room  > Steeple dark  printed name: "Steeple" description: "A tiny space inside the tip of the church's steeple, barely five feet across, the walls tapering to only two feet across some twelve feet above your head. There is a narrow window, but it seems to have been painted black at some point. The only exit seems to be the ladder from which you just emerged."   up to Steeple (but down from Steeple is Chapel Rear)   down to Chapel Rear  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  narrow window  thing  > narrow window fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "narrow window" description: "It's just an ordinary-looking narrow window."  initial location: in Steeple    length of rope  thing  > length of rope tied  printed name: "length of rope" description: "It's about twenty feet long, frayed in a few places but still sturdy enough."  initial appearance: "An old length of rope dangles down from a square hole cut in the ceiling."  initial location: in Steeple

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RB

Rope Bottom  room  > Rope Bottom proper-named ; dark  printed name: "Hanging from the Rope"  description: "Your feet dangle over empty space. Looking down, you can barely make out a faint glimmer of water, far below."   up to Broken Stairs  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward

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OH

Outside the House  room  > Outside the House proper-named  printed name: "Outside the House" description: "The lane runs up from the southeast and ends at a wide clearing surrounded by gnarled and ancient trees. A wide, curving driveway runs up to the front door of your house, which lies north.[paragraph break][if unvisited]The fabled Verlac family mansion looms before you in the gloom, its dark creaking presence dominating the clearing and, somehow, even though it is not visible through the trees, the entire valley. The foreboding shadow of the Verlacs seems to enshroud all of Anchorhead from here.[otherwise]The Verlac mansion looms before you, casting an air of menace over the clearing.[end if]"   north to Foyer via front door   southeast to Scenic View  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  driveway  thing  > driveway fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "driveway" description: "The gravel driveway curves in a wide loop around the clearing, running up to the front door of your house and then sweeping back around to rejoin itself."  initial location: in Outside the House    Verlac Mansion  thing  > Verlac Mansion fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "Verlac Mansion" description: "The house comprises two stories and an attic, and a smaller domed cupola atop the roof. Its windows are unlit and tightly shuttered, its roof steep and precipitous, and its grounds unkempt and strewn with weeds. The place unmistakably radiates an aura of thick, cold malevolence."  initial location: in Outside the House    typewritten notice  thing  > typewritten notice printed name: "a typewritten notice"  initial appearance: "A typewritten notice has been attached to the front door."  printing: "It's a letter from the Arkham Regional Utilities Company, explaining that, due to wiring difficulties, the electricity will not be installed until next week. No phone service, either."  initial location: in Outside the House    front door - door to Foyer  thing > door  > front door scenery ; lockable ; locked  printed name: "front door" description: "The front door is a huge, paneled slab of black oak adorned with a brass knocker in its center."  matching key: house key

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Fy

Foyer  room  > Foyer proper-named  printed name: "Foyer" description: "Although it appears spacious from the outside, the house's interior feels cramped and gloomy. The walls seem too close together; the ceiling is too high. The doorways, leading in several directions, are narrow and filled with shadows, and the stairs leading up to the second floor are steep and rickety. This is not a house that makes you feel welcome. It is a house that makes you feel tiny and timid, and afraid of dark places. It is a house that makes you feel alone.[If the front door is open][paragraph break]The front door stands open to the south.[end if][if unvisited][paragraph break]Carelessly stacked in a towering heap in the middle of the room are all your luggage and belongings, which you had sent ahead through a moving company before driving up to Massachusetts. Everything you own is boxed away and piled up in the middle of the floor. The reality of this move finally slams home as you stare at the sprawling jumble of stuff, and suddenly you feel very lost and adrift.[paragraph break]Night has now undeniably fallen, and the house is very, very dark. There is probably just enough residual ambience to feel your way upstairs to the bedroom, but the rest of the house is a tenebrous maze of shadows, and any exploring would probably best be done in the morning.[otherwise][paragraph break]Your luggage is still here, spread out all over the foyer.[end if]"   north to Back Hall   south to Outside the House via front door   east to Sitting Room   west to Dining Room   up to Upstairs Landing  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  luggage  thing  > luggage fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "luggage" description: "It's all a huge, hopeless mess. Just looking at it instantly drains you of any desire to unpack."  initial location: in Foyer    front door - door to Outside the House  thing > door  > front door scenery ; lockable ; locked  printed name: "front door" description: "The front door is a huge, paneled slab of black oak adorned with a brass knocker in its center."  matching key: house key

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Pn

Pantry  room  > Pantry dark  printed name: "Pantry" description: "The pantry is empty save for a layer of dust on the shelves. A door to the south leads down to the cellar, or you can return to the kitchen to the southeast."   southeast to Kitchen   down to Main Cellar via cdoor  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  shelves  thing  > shelves fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "shelves" initial location: in Pantry    broom  thing  > broom printed name: "broom" description: "It's just an ordinary-looking broom."  initial appearance: "Leaning in the corner is an old broom."  initial location: in Pantry    cdoor - door to Main Cellar  thing > door  > cdoor scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked  printed name: "cellar door"  matching key: cellar key

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MC

Main Cellar  room  > Main Cellar dark  printed name: "Cellar"  description: "The old, flagstone walls gleam with unwholesome-smelling moisture, and the sagging timbers creak uneasily above your head. Ancient, frayed wiring festoons the ceiling like some strange species of clinging vine. Portions of the cellar extend south and east into the clammy darkness, though you could always beat a hasty retreat up the stairs to the north.[paragraph break]One largish bundle of wires leads down to a rusty old fuse cabinet bolted to the far wall."   south to Storage Room   east to Wine Cellar   up to Pantry via cdoor  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  timbers  thing  > timbers fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "timbers" description: "The ancient, worm-eaten beams are bent like bows under the strain of holding up the huge, rambling house above them for centuries on end. Every few minutes, one of them gives out an ominous groan as the weight on them settles."  initial location: in Main Cellar    wiring  thing  > wiring fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "wiring" description: "The wiring runs back and forth across the ceiling in every direction -- wrapped around timbers, in and out of rusted, broken conduits, crossing and re-crossing itself in a dozen places. You can see several places where the insulation is cracked or stripped altogether. It's enough to send any self-respecting fire marshall into conniptions."  initial location: in Main Cellar    fuse cabinet - container  thing > container  > fuse cabinet fixed in place; scenery ; closed ; openable  printed name: "fuse cabinet" description: "It's an ancient, clunky metal box, about the size of a kid's lunchbox. There's some sort of lettering on the cover, but it's too corroded to read."  initial location: in Main Cellar    fuse plugs  thing  > fuse plugs plural-named  printed name: "corroded fuse plugs"  indefinite article: "some"  description: "There's about two dozen fuses lined up in there, the old-fashioned kind that look like round, glass plugs. Every last one of them is blown."  initial location: in fuse cabinet    cdoor - door to Pantry  thing > door  > cdoor scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked  printed name: "cellar door"  matching key: cellar key

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SR

Storage Room  room  > Storage Room dark  printed name: "Storage Room" description: "Old crates and boxes piled high against the walls make this room seem even smaller and dingier than it actually is, which is saying a lot. A doorway lies north; the other walls contain nothing but shadows and dirt-filled corners."   north to Main Cellar  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  Junk  thing  > Junk proper-named ; fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "Junk" description: "The accumulated junk of almost four centuries' worth of one family's strangeness. Most of it is old linens, moth-eaten clothes, newspaper clippings -- exciting stuff like that. There's far more here than you could ever go through, even if you had the inclination to."  initial location: in Storage Room

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WC

Wine Cellar  room  > Wine Cellar printed name: "Wine Cellar" description: "This wing of the cellar is even older than the rest, with walls of piled, unmortared stone. The entire room is filled with wine racks. They cover every wall except for one spot to the west, where an exit leads back to the main cellar.[paragraph break]All of the racks are dust-covered and empty except for one against the north wall, which contains some forty or fifty dark bottles.[if unvisited][paragraph break]You are reminded of something Michael told you during the long drive up: about how when the police arrived after the shooting, they found the wine cellar in a shambles -- nearly every bottle thrown to the floor and shattered, and the whole place reeking of rotted grapes. All except the bottles in the north rack. None of those had been touched. No one could posit a motive for it.[paragraph break]You smile a bit, recalling your husband's ability to turn a piece of insignificant trivia into a compelling story. Still, though, now that you're actually standing here... it all seems very strange.[end if][if the wine racks are open][paragraph break]One of the wine racks, along with the wall behind it, have swung back to reveal a dark, windy passage leading north.[end if]"   north to Windy Passage via wine racks   west to Main Cellar  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  wine bottles  thing  > wine bottles fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "wine bottles" description: "Row after row of smooth, dust-covered glass. The wine inside is dark and murky, reminding you, somewhat irrationally, of blood.[if Michael Wanders has happened][paragraph break]There are five bottles in the third row from the bottom that have been handled recently; the fingermarks are clearly outlined on their dusty labels. One label is partially torn and the other is all but faded completely, but at a quick glance you count a Pinot Noir, a Cabernet Sauvignon, and a Cheval Blanc.[end if]"  initial location: in Wine Cellar    wine racks - door to Windy Passage  thing > door  > wine racks plural-named ; scenery ; closed ; unopenable  printed name: "wine racks" description: "These racks must have at one time contained hundreds upon hundreds of wine bottles. Idly, you wonder which member of the family developed such a taste for what would have been, for the first few generations at least, a sinful vice of the basest kind."  combo: 1

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WP

Windy Passage  room  > Windy Passage dark  printed name: "Windy Passage" description: "The walls of this passageway are carved from solid rock with unearthly precision; ten feet wide, ten feet high, perfectly smooth and perfectly square. The passage runs north, sloping downward into the depths of the hillside. A foul wind gusts intermittently from the darkness below."   north to Edge of the Pit   south to Wine Cellar via wine racks  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  wine racks - door to Wine Cellar  thing > door  > wine racks plural-named ; scenery ; closed ; unopenable  printed name: "wine racks" description: "These racks must have at one time contained hundreds upon hundreds of wine bottles. Idly, you wonder which member of the family developed such a taste for what would have been, for the first few generations at least, a sinful vice of the basest kind."  combo: 1

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UL

Upstairs Landing  room  > Upstairs Landing proper-named  printed name: "Upstairs Landing" description: "A narrow hallway runs east, from the top of the stairs down the length of the house. To the north, directly opposite the stairs, is the master bedroom."   north to Master Bedroom   east to Upstairs Hall   down to Foyer  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  inside;  outside;  Windoward

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UH

Upstairs Hall  room  > Upstairs Hall proper-named  printed name: "Upstairs Hall" description: "The shuttered window at the end of the hall throws a gloomy rectangle of light onto the bare wooden floor. Doorways lead north and south."   north to House Library   south to Kid's Room   west to Upstairs Landing   up to Attic via attic ladder  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  cord  thing  > cord fixed in place ; scenery  printed name: "cord" description: "The cord is about four feet long with a little wooden bob on the end. It appears to be attached to a trap door in the ceiling."  initial location: in Upstairs Hall    attic ladder - door to Attic  thing > door  > attic ladder closed ; unopenable  printed name: "attic ladder" initial appearance: "[if the player is in Upstairs Hall]There is a cord dangling in mid-air here, right about level with your face[otherwise]An odd contraption resembling a complex stack of wooden slats sits in the middle of the floor[end if]."

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Cr

Crawlspace  room  > Crawlspace printed name: "Crawlspace" description: "The ceiling descends here to no more than three feet from the floor; you are forced to crawl through the cramped darkness on your hands and knees. To the east the attic becomes more spacious, while the northwest corner opens into an oddly-angled corridor."   northwest to Crawlspace (but southeast from Crawlspace is nowhere)   east to Attic  add:  north;  northeast;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward

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Ob

Observatory  room  > Observatory printed name: "Observatory" description: "You are in a small, enclosed cupola situated, by the look of the view through the dingy skylight over your head, on top of the roof of the house. The walls are covered with astrological and astronomical charts with equations and diagrams scribbled across them in crabbed, stilted handwriting. The only exit seems to be an oddly-angled corridor to the southeast.[paragraph break]Dominating the center of the room is a large mounted telescope, pointed almost straight up through the skylight."   southeast to Crawlspace (but northwest from Crawlspace is Crawlspace)  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  mansion skylight  thing  > mansion skylight fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "mansion skylight" description: "You can see part of the hole in the sky through the skylight. The telescope seems to be aimed right at it."  initial location: in Observatory    charts  thing  > charts fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "charts" description: "Most of the charts seem to be plotting the trajectory of some comet you've never heard of, as it gradually approaches the solar system over the course of several centuries. According to this, the comet is due to arrive...[paragraph break]Well, that's interesting. According to this, the comet is coming tonight."  initial location: in Observatory    telescope  thing  > telescope fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "telescope" description: "Constructed of some greenish metal, the telescope consists in the main of an unadorned cylinder about eight inches in diameter, with an eyepiece near the bottom. Near the top, about six inches down from the telescope's upper end, is a thin, rectangular slot, cut horizontally into the side of the cylinder."  initial location: in Observatory   part  slot - container  thing > container  > slot fixed in place; scenery ; open  printed name: "slot" description: "It looks as though it might be a receptacle of some kind, perhaps for a special lens."  initial location: part of telescope

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CI

Crypt Interior  room  > Crypt Interior proper-named ; dark  printed name: "In the Crypt"  description: "The air is clammy and frigid, the stone walls damp and streaked with mud and lichen. Pale, swollen roots push through cracks in the masonry. The smell of damp corruption is almost overpowering here, though the stairs to the south lead toward fresher air.The walls of this chamber contain dozens of wide, shallow niches; in each niche, a coffin."   up to Family Plot via crypt door  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  coffins  thing  > coffins fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "coffins" description: "Rank upon rank of the ancient Verlac family remains are stacked away in this hole, left to crumble and deliquesce together, merging back into the dark matter which gave them birth. Above each niche is a nameplate indicating who was buried here and when they died."  initial location: in Crypt Interior    roots  thing  > roots fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "roots" description: "The fleshy, tuberous roots seem to be probing their way through the walls like so many dead, swollen fingers."  initial location: in Crypt Interior    nameplates  thing  > nameplates fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "nameplates" description: "Most of the nameplates are illegible, corroded with centuries of rot and verdigris. There are a few names visible, however. You could look someone up if you have a specific name in mind."  initial location: in Crypt Interior    crypt door - door to Family Plot  thing > door  > crypt door scenery ; closed ; lockable; locked  printed name: "crypt door" description: "Grimly carved letters over the door spell out a single name: 'VERLAC'."  matching key: iron key

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GS

Great Stairs  room  > Great Stairs dark  printed name: "Great Stairs" description: "The vast, stone staircase plunges down into the earth. The seemingly interminable steps curve in a gentle sweep from the southwest, above you, dropping toward black, unplumbed depths to the north."   north to Bottom of Temple Stairs   southwest to Other Side   up to Other Side   down to Bottom of Temple Stairs  add:  northeast;  northwest;  south;  southeast;  east;  west;  inside;  outside;  Windoward

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BT

Bottom of Temple Stairs  room  > Bottom of Temple Stairs proper-named  printed name: "Bottom of Stairs"  description: "The stairs end here at a huge, greenish-gold door set into the north wall. There is nothing else here; nowhere to go but onward or back."   north to Burial Mound via gold door   south to Great Stairs   up to Great Stairs  add:  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  gold door - door to Burial Mound  thing > door  > gold door scenery ; closed ; unopenable  printed name: "gold door" description: "The door is enormous, nearly fifteen feet on a side, and made entirely of some smooth, greenish-gold metal that reflects your light with an oily, wavery sheen. There is no handle, no keyhole or latch of any kind. There seems to be no physical way of opening the door at all -- just the smooth rectangle of metal, adorned with a single symbol etched into its center."  part  symbol  thing  > symbol printed name: "symbol" initial appearance: "The emblem in the center of the door is that of a stylized open eye, surrounded by wavy, radiating lines which resemble nothing less than a crown of sinuous tentacles. You shudder, unable to suppress the feeling that you have seen that eye somewhere before."  initial location: part of gold door

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BM

Burial Mound  room  > Burial Mound printed name: "Burial Mound" description: "The cave is lined, floor to ceiling, with mummified human corpses. Shrunken and desiccated, they lie in jumbled heaps inside irregularly carved niches. Carvings cover the rock walls in between the niches -- grotesque, leering faces too horrible even to look upon, their features twitching and smirking in the wavering light that sifts down from above.[paragraph break]And dominating the center of the chamber: a dark monolith rising up through the green, murky light -- what you first took to be a large, supporting pillar, you now realize can only be the true base of the town square obelisk.[paragraph break]At the narrower, northern end of the vaguely egg-shaped cavern sits a massive stone altar, flanked on either side by a pair of strange, vibrating columns."   south to Bottom of Temple Stairs via gold door  add:  north;  northeast;  northwest;  southeast;  southwest;  east;  west;  up;  down;  inside;  outside;  Windoward  corpses  thing  > corpses fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "corpses" description: "These bodies are very, very old; even the shapes of the skulls call to mind a more primitive and degenerate sort of folk than even the denizens of this town. This must be the inside of an ancient burial mound, although what sort of Indian tribe could have erected such a huge and monstrous obelisk, you can't imagine."  initial location: in Burial Mound    first pictogram  thing  > first pictogram fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "first pictogram" description: "A circle of stick-men, dancing or worshipping around a shape like an upturned bowl -- perhaps a hill, or perhaps this very mound you're standing in was once above ground."  initial location: in Burial Mound    second pictogram  thing  > second pictogram fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "second pictogram" description: "A fiery star-burst, decorated with trailing lines (perhaps indicating a comet or shooting star?) descends from the sky, and rains fire and death upon the people of the mound."  initial location: in Burial Mound    third pictogram  thing  > third pictogram fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "third pictogram" description: "The stick men are again pictured in a circle around the mound. One figure stands on top of the mound, raising a dagger over a second stick man bent backwards over some kind of altar. The mound is decorated with wavy lines radiating from the altar at the top down to the bottom -- perhaps indicating streams of blood?"  initial location: in Burial Mound    obelisk base  thing  > obelisk base fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "obelisk base" description: "It is simply enormous. Nearly ten feet to a side at its base, the massive structure rises straight up through the ceiling, its tip penetrating the surface after what must be twenty or thirty feet of intervening rock. The hieroglyphs on this portion of the obelisk, untouched by eroding weather, are much clearer and deeper than the ones above."  initial location: in Burial Mound    altar  thing  > altar fixed in place; scenery  printed name: "altar" description: "A single block of jet-black, featureless stone, approximately the size of a queen-sized bed. It is flanked by a pair of metal pillars."  initial location: in Burial Mound    gold door - door to Bottom of Temple Stairs  thing > door  > gold door scenery ; closed ; unopenable  printed name: "gold door" description: "The door is enormous, nearly fifteen feet on a side, and made entirely of some smooth, greenish-gold metal that reflects your light with an oily, wavery sheen. There is no handle, no keyhole or latch of any kind. There seems to be no physical way of opening the door at all -- just the smooth rectangle of metal, adorned with a single symbol etched into its center."  part  symbol  thing  > symbol printed name: "symbol" initial appearance: "The emblem in the center of the door is that of a stylized open eye, surrounded by wavy, radiating lines which resemble nothing less than a crown of sinuous tentacles. You shudder, unable to suppress the feeling that you have seen that eye somewhere before."  initial location: part of gold door

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Nowhere (that is, initially not in any room):
 pants - container   wallet - container   faculty card   towel   Michael's feet   commotion - backdrop   mob of citizens   old man's body   William - person   flask   graffiti   Wheldrake - library book   Greene - library book   Horne - library book   Frazer - library book   memo   strange device  part  receptacle - container   real mirror - strange mirror   robed guards   newspaper   metal door   old man - man  carried  small copper key - passkey   second orderly - stiff   orderly's name tag   stump   sapling   teddy bear   small steel key - passkey   railing   torn journal   spider web   iron key - passkey   cardboard box - container   clippings   bottle marked h   bottle marked w   bottle marked m   bottle marked e   bottle marked c   child's picture   hole - container   soggy pages   tales   safe - container  part  dial   puzzle box - container   strange black disk   strange metal flute  part  first hole - fhole  part  second hole - fhole  part  third hole - fhole  part  fourth hole - fhole  part  fifth hole - fhole  part  sixth hole - fhole  part  seventh hole - fhole   openfire   old-fashioned brass key - passkey   gold locket   mother's picture   Sourtheast of Corridor4   Edward's Coffin   William's Coffin - container   animal bones   animal's skull   librarian - woman   mother - woman   ghost - man   house key - passkey   cellar key - passkey   strait jacket   M5 - strange mirror   pair of handcuffs   slip of paper